CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL
Stone Sculptures
INCLUDING PIECES SUITABLE FOR
Garden and Patio
FURNITURE gP WORKS OF ART
PART III [final] of the
Joseph Brummer Collection
Public Auction Sale at the Brummer Gallery
no East 58 Street * New York
June 8 and 9 at 10:30 a. m. Gf 2 p. m.
Under Management of the
PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES • INC
New York • 1^49
SALE NUMBER IO79
FREE PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Monday and Tuesday
June 6 and j from i o 5
PUBLIC AUCTION SALE
W ednesday and Thursday Mornings and Afternoons
June 8 and 9 at 10:30 a. m. and 2 p. m.
EXHIBITION SALE ON THE PREMISES
1 10 East 58 Street • New York
Under the Management of the
PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES • INC
30 East 57 Street • New York 22
PLaza 3-7573
Sales Conducted by
H. H. Parke
L. J. Marion / A. N, Bade
H. E. Russell, Jr. and A. Nisbet
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CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL
STONE SCULPTURES
GREEK AND ROMAN STATUES SARCOPHAGI COLUMNS
GREEK AND APULIAN POTTERY
ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC SCULPTURES
Romanesque^ Gothic ^ Renaissance
Architectural Elements
RENAISSANCE FURNITURE
SCULPTURED WOOD GROUPS
BRONZES ^ TEXTILES ^ SILVER
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Part III of the Art Collection
Belonging to the Estate of the Eate
JOSEPH BRUMMER
By Order of the Executors
Public Auction Sale at the Brummer Gallery
I lo East 58 Street * New York
June 8 and 9 at 10:30 a. m. C? 2 p. m.
Under Management of the
PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES • INC
New York • 1^49
NOTICE
All lots in this catalogue, which consists almost entirely of anti-
^ quities and medieval and Renaissance art, will be sold strictly as
exhibited, and some imperfections or necessary restoration must be
assumed in respect to many of these early objects. No mention of any
such restoration or imperfections will appear in the individual catalogue
descriptions with respect to any items whatever.
NOTICE
Items in this catalogue subject to the
twenty per cent Federal Excise Tax
are designated by an asterisk (*).
Where all the items in a specific cate¬
gory are subject to the twenty per
cent Federal Excise Tax, a note to
this effect appears below the category
heading.
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CONDITIONS OF SALE
The property listed in this catalogue will be offered and sold subject to the fol¬
lowing terms and conditions:
1. The word “Galleries”, wherever used in these Conditions of Sale, means the
Parke-Bernet (jalleries, Inc.
2. The Galle ries has exercised reasonable care to catalogue and describe cor¬
rectly the property to be sold, but it does not warrant the correctness of descrip¬
tion, genuineness, authenticity or condition of said property.
3. Unless otherwise announced by the auctioneer at the time of sale, all bids are
to be for a single article even though more than one article is included under a
numbered item in the catalogue. If, however, the articles under any one num¬
bered item are designated as a “Lot” then bids are to be for the lot irrespective
of the number of articles described in such item.
4. The highest bidder accepted by the auctioneer shall be the buyer. In the event
of any dispute between bidders, the auctioneer may, in his discretion, determine
who is the successful bidder, and his decision shall be final ; or the auctioneer
may reoffer and resell the article in dispute.
5. Any bid which is not commensurate with the value of the article offered, or
which is merely a nominal or fractional advance over the previous bid, may be
rejected by the auctioneer, in his discretion, if in his judgment such bid would
be likely to affect tbe sale injuriously.
6. The name and address of the buyer of each article, or lot, shall be given to
the Galleries immediately following the sale thereof, and payment of the whole
purchase price, or such part thereof as the Galleries may require, shall be im¬
mediately made by the purchaser thereof. If the foregoing condition, or any other
applicable condition herein, is not complied with, the sale may, at the option of
the Galleries, be cancelled, and the article, or lot, reoffered for sale.
7. Unless the sale is advertised and announced as an unrestricted sale, or a sale
without reserve, consignors reserve the right to bid.
8. Except as herein otherwise provided, title will pass to the highest bidder upon
the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, and thereafter the property is at the pur¬
chaser’s sole risk and responsibility.
g. Articles sold and not paid for in full and not taken by noon of the day follow¬
ing the sale may be turned over by the Galleries to a carrier to be delivered to a
storehouse for the account and risk of the purchaser, and at his cost. If the pur¬
chase price has not been so paid in full, the Galleries may either cancel the sale,
and any partial payment already made shall thereupon be forfeited as liquidated
damages, or it may resell the same, without notice to the buyer and for his
account and risk, and hold him responsible for any deficiency.
CONDITIONS OF SALE — concluded
10. If for any cause whatsoever any article sold cannot be delivered, or cannot
be delivered in as good condition as the same may have been at the time of sale,
the sale will be cancelled, and any amount that may have been paid on account
of the sale will be returned to the purchaser.
11. Unless purchased for resale, the buyer will be required to pay the Federal
Excise "Fax equivalent to 20 per centum of the price for which sold on jewelry,
clocks, silver, gold, furs, etc. However, articles of these categories sold for
certain classes of consignors are exempt from this tax. Items in this catalogue
subject to the Federal Excise Tax are designated by an asterisk (*).
12. Unless exempt from the payment thereof, the buyer will also be required
to pay the New York City sales tax of 2 per centum of the price for wdiich all
articles are sold.
13. I'he Galleries, subject to these Conditions of Sale and to such terms and
conditions as it may prescribe, but without charge for its services, will undertake
to make bids for responsible parties approved by it. Requests for such bidding
must be given with such clearness as to leave no room for misunderstanding as to
the amount to be bid and must state the catalogue number of the item and the
name or title of the article to be bid on. If bids are to be made on several articles
listed as one item in the catalogue, the request should state the amount to be bid
on each article, unless the item contains the notation “Lot”, in which case the
request should state the amount to be bid “For the Lot”. The Galleries reserves
the right to decline to undertake to make such bids,
14. The Galleries will facilitate the employment of carriers and packers hy
purchasers but will not be responsible for the acts of such carriers or packers in
any respect whatsoever.
15. These Conditions of Sale cannot be altered except in writing by the Gal¬
leries or by public announcement by the auctioneer at the time of sale.
Sales Conducted by
H. H. PARKE
L. J. MARION • A. N. BADE
H. E. RUSSELL, Jr. and A. NISBET
PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES • INC
30 EAST 57 STREET * NEW YORK 22
Telephone PLaza 3-7573 Cable Parkgai,
HIRAM IT PARKE • President
AR'l'HUR SWANN and LESLIE A. HYAM • J Ice-Presidents
L(i)UIS J. MARION • Assistant J'ice-President
MAX BARd'HOLET • Secretary ^ I'reasurer
ORDER OF SALE
FIRST SESSION
Wednesday Morning, June Eighth
Greek and Apulian Terra Cottas i- 29
Greek, Roman and Early Persian Bronzes 30- 44
Dinanderie and Later Brass, Wax Portraits and Other
Gothic and Renaissance Objects of Art 45-121
Gothic and Renaissance Silver 122-136
Italian and Other Renaissance Bronzes I37'i59
Pre-Columbian Mexican Pottery, and Peruvian Textiles 160-167
SECOND SESSION
Wednesday Afternoon, June Eighth
Damasks, Velvets and Embroideries 168-211
Eresco Paintings 2 12-2 15
Gothic and Renaissance Furniture
Fourth Floor — Rear Gallery 216-255
Fourth Floor — Middle Gallery 256-269
Fourth Floor — Front Gallery 270-298
Second Floor — Rear East Gallery 299-306
Second Floor — IVIiddle East Gallery 307-313
Second Floor — Middle West Gallery 314-322
Second Floor — Main North Gallery 323-344
Ground Floor — Rear West Gallery 345-350
Ground Floor — Middle West Gallery 351-356
Ground Floor — East Gallery (Office) and Corridor 357-372
Basement 373-376
THIRD SESSION
Thursday Morning, June Ninth
Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance Wood Sculptures
Second Floor — Rear West Gallery 377-379
Second Floor — Middle West Gallery 380-396
Antique and Medieval Stone Sculptures and Terra Cottas
Second Floor — Rear West Gallery 397-404
Second Floor — Middle West Gallery 405-409
Second Floor — Rear East Gallery 4 10-4 1 5
Second Floor — Middle East Gallery 416-427
Second Floor — Main North Gallery 428-429
Ground Floor — Rear West Gallery 430-444
Ground Floor — Middle West Gallery 445-456
Ground Floor — East Gallery (Office) 457-470
Ground Floor — Main Sculpture Hall 471-493
Ground Floor — Atrium Hall and Corridor 494-512
FOURTH AND LAST SESSION
Thursday Afternoon, June Ninth
Antique and IVIedieval Stone Sculptures and Terra Cottas
Basement — Main North Gallery 513-539
Basement — West Gallery No. I 540-558
Basement — West Gallery No. 1 1 559-577
Basement — West Gallery No. HI 578-599
Basement — South Galleries 600-633
Basement — East Galleries 634-650
Basement — Entrance Hall 651-655
Vitrines and Other Gallery Equipment 656-674
FIRST SESSION
Wednesday, June 8, 1949, at 10:30 a. m.
CATALOGUE NUMBERS I TO \6j INCLUSIVE
GREEK AND APULIAN TERRA COTTAS A..
I- Two Attic Red and Black Unguent Vases in the Form of
Female Heads J'I Century B.C.
Archaic type, the face in unglazed reddish buff ware, the head glazed black
and supporting a small orifice with handles. Height 3^ inches
2. Attic Black and Red Unguent Vessel, in the Form of a
Nubian Head U/ Century B.CJ
IVIodeled in lively fashion in the form of a head of a Negro with red lips, sur¬
mounted by a small cup-shaped orifice with two shaped handles. Rare.
Height 3^ inches
_3. Two Greek Red and Black Figural Unguent Vessels C t
r/-r Century B.C.
One in the form of a female bust, the flesh in red, the hair drapery glazed black;
the other modeled with a seated female figure with blue polychromy, reserved
in a black-glazed ground. Height 4 inches
Greek Black- and Purple-Figured Tripod Bowl VI Century B.C.
Shallow round bowl, supported on three broad flange-form feet forming panels
decorated in black and purple, one with a chariot group, the second with a pro¬
cession of four figures, the third with three seated figures conversing.
Diameter 6^ inches
/ 9 Arretine Black-Glazed Bowl AIolded with Running Animals
I Century
Pyriform bowl in red ware, modeled in relief with four running stags and
fawns, coated with a dull black glaze. Together with a small fluted red terra
cotta bowl. [Lot.] Height 5^ inches
From Henri Gamier, Lille
6. Three Cypriote Figures of Dolls Circa VI Century B.C.
Crude figures with animalistic heads and short pointed arms. [Lot.]
Height 6 to 6^ inches
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7. Tanagra Group of a Barber and Customer IV Century B.C.
Standing figure of a barber clipping the hair of a bearded man seated on a stool,
l^ogether with a Graeco-Levantine figure of a laughing fat man, seated. [Lot.]
Heights 5^ and 6 inches
Note: A similar group is illustrated in Aug. Koster, Die Griechischen
T errakotten, 1926, pi. yyf.
Collection Stroganoff
Collection of Comm. Elia Volpi, New York, 1927
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8. Three Tanagra Statuettes IV-lII Century B.C.
Figures of a seated woman and a little girl, heavily robed; and of a boy seated
on a rock. [Lot.] Heights 5^2 /o 6 inches
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9. Corinthian Black- and Red-Figured Kantharos VH Century B.C.-y^,
Small semi-ovoid cup with two laterally placed loop handles; delicately deco- /‘
rated in a bluish white ground with two figures of herdsmen between pairs of
animals, amid scattered blossom heads. Height 2^ inches
[See illustration] ^
-10. Attic Red-Figured Small Lekythos and Plate V Century B.C.
Globose black-glazed lekythos reserved in red with a bust figure; and a small
plate reserved in red with a figure of a seated woman before an urn. [Lot.]
Height of a vessel 4 inches; diameter of plate VVa inches
[See illustration of plate]
II. Attic Bl.ack-Figured Oenochoe Century B.
Small globular vessel with black-glazed trefoil spout and loop handle ; deco¬
rated in black on a reddish buff ground with a nude youth offering a lyre to a
seated maiden. Height 5 inches
[See illustration]
^ Q ^2. Attic White-Ground Pyxis V Century B.C.
Capstan-form vessel on incurvate foot with three notches, the flat cover deco¬
rated with meander and leaf borders in the red-figure technique ; the body in
white, decorated in buff and purple with figures of five maenads reveling: two
holding a snake and sprays of ivy, a third dancing, the other two advancing and
playing tambourine and pipes ; beside one figure is a fawn. Height 8 inches
Note: White-ground pyxides are rare; only about half a dozen are said
to be known. The present example is notable for the lively and informal
character of the drawing.
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13. Two Attic White-Ground Lekythoi V Century B.C.
Slender cylindrical vessels with high loop handle and narrow tubular neck
with bowl-shaped orifice; decorated on a white ground, one in red with two
male figures before a tomb, the other in black with a woman holding a child.
Height 12^ inches
[See illustration of one]
14. Attic Black-Figured Phiale VI Century B.C.
Drinking bowl, the exterior glazed black, the interior decorated in black with a
running frieze of dancing girls surrounding a central mammiform boss.
Diameter 7^ inches
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15. Two Tanagra Statuettes of Maidens /T Century B.C.
Graceful standing figures robed in chiton and himation, draped tightly about
them. Oblong bases. Height 7^ inches
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16. Greek Black-Figured Alabastron and Black and Red c
Januform Vase FZ-G Century B.C.
White-ground alabastron, decorated in black with figure of a bowman watching
a serpent at the foot of a palm tree; and an archaic two-handled drinking cup
modeled in the form of adosses female heads. Heights 6^ and 7 inches
17. Greek Statuette and Equestrian Group FI Century B.C.
Archaic standing figure wearing pointed hat and short tunic ; and warrior with
shield strapped on his back, mounted on a horse. [Lot.]
Heights 6]4 7 inches
18. Three Tanagra and Other Terra Cottas Circa H" Century B.C.
Bas-relief depicting Psyche and Eros embracing; unguent bottle in the form of
a dove with female head; and a vase in the form of a woman with tambourine,
dancing — the handle, neck, and spout glazed black. [Lot.]
19. Archaic Greek Red and Black Amphora Cover Fill Century B.C.
In the form of a high-footed ewer wdth loop handle, attached to a shallow dish ;
decorated on a red ground with black rings and sawtooth collars.
H eight 7 inches
20. Tanagra Statuette of a Hermaphrodite IF Century B.C.
Standing figure wearing a conical hat and short tunic, and holding a lamb on the
left arm. Height 1 1 inches
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21. Apulian Red-Figured Bell Krater IF-IH Century B.C.
Campaniform vase with two loop handles, reserved in red in a black ground with
nude figure of a seated man conversing with a priestess, the reverse with two
robed male figures. FI eight 14 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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22. Attic Red-Figured Hydria F Century B.C.
Ovoid water jar with three loop handles, glazed black and reserved in red with
a shoulder frieze of a seated and three standing figures, in a shaped panel.
Height 1 1 3^ inches
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a^-^3. Greek Red-Figured Bell Krater 1]" Century B.C.
Elongated campaniform urn with two curved loop handles; reserved in red on
a black ground with figures of two men conversing and a group consisting of a
nude figure of Silenus, a vestal and Cupid. From Thebes. Height 12^ inches
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24. Apulian Red- and White-Figured Amphora HI Century B.C.
I'w’O-handled pyriform vase with wide mouth, decorated on a black ground with
figure of Aphrodite on a swan flanked by cupids, the reverse with three figures
conversing. "Fogether with a plain black-glazed hydria. [Lot.]
Height 12^ inches
25. Apulian Red- .4nd White-Figured Krater-Loutrophoros
IJ'-IIl Century B.C.
Tall ovoid krater with wide neck, high foot and two twin handles curving into
solid embossed with pairs of Aledusa heads ; red and white decoration on a black
ground, depicting a seated temple dancer in a portico between anthemion clus¬
ters and surmounted by the figure of an ephebos amid floral scrollings; the re¬
verse with two men conversing. Height 25^ inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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26. Apulian Black-Glazed Hydria-Kalpis I'V Century^ B.C.
Large amphora-shaped vessel flaring into a wide lip with black and red wave-
scroll pattern ; three loop handles. Height 23 inches
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27. IVIagna Graecia Red-Figured Krater IF Century B.C.
Ovoid vase with wide neck and two pairs of straight handles; reserved in red
in a black ground, the neck with bands of vine leaves, the body with two panels
of pairs of figures conversing. Height 14^ inches
Collection of A. V. Church, Esq.
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28. Graeco-Roman 1'erra Cotta "Forso and Small Term
I'orso of a youth ; term pedestal with female head and short arms surmounted
by spiraled finials ( ? flames). [Lot.] Heights 7^ and 183^2 inches
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29. 1'wo Mesopotamian and Persian Ferra Cotta Vessels
Drum-shaped bottle molded with a sunburst bordered by cranes; and an ovoid
jar molded with dogs and camels. From Suza. [Lot.]
Heights 8 and lOjA inches
Colection of Airs Henry Walters, New York, 1941
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30. Parthian Wrought Bronze Applique Circa 1 Century
Bas-relief figure of a running horse, the scrolled tail ending in foliations.
Length 3^ inches
Exhibition of Persian Art, Iranian Institute, New York, 1940, p. 324
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31. Egypto-Perse Ajoure Bronze Hatchet Blade ' •
Pierced with figure of a walking ibex with lowered head ; green patina.
Length 4^ inches
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32. Roman Bronze Statuette of a Winged Greyhound I-II Century
Graceful running figure of a winged dog upon a leafy branch support; on
griotte marble base. Length 9^^ inches
Collection of Mrs Henry Walters, New York, 1941 ^
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33. Graeco-Roman Bronze Ewer and Alabstron II-I Century B.C.
Pitcher with angular loop handle terminating in a mask, green encrustations;
and an amphora-alabastron with brilliant malachite green and red patina.
Heights 9^ and 8^4 inches
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34. Graeco-Levantine Bronze Ewer Circa III Century B.G.
Coniform jug with receding lower body, up-pointed spout and serpentine
handle; engraved with wave scrolls below the lip. Height 10 inches
35. Two Greek Bronze Ewers IF-Ill Century B.C.
Pear-shaped, with loop handles; one wrought with a band of shell motives
around the neck, the other chiseled in relief with amors, etc. on the handle.
Heights ioy2 and 8^ inches
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36. Pompeiian Bronze Vase I Century
Pear-shaped, with high leaf-scrolled rustic handle ; interior with green patina.
Height \ inches
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37. Graeco-Levantine Bronze Statuette of a Boy H-1 Century B.C.
Walking figure with left foot advanced, wearing a draped tunic and cloak
thrown back over his shoulders, and loose trousers; on his head a curious pyra¬
midal cap engraved with palmettes; in his extended right hand is a fragment of
a staff. Copper red patina. Height 25^4 inches
Note: This extraordinary specimen, found east of the Suez Canal in 1912,
was popularly considered to be a portrait of Alexander Helios, son of Anthony
and Cleopatra. A. H. Smith {vide infra) advanced the theory, based on a
study of the costume, that the statuette was a representation of a barbarian deity
or at least a mythological character, probably the eunuch Attis. A later study
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[number 37]
Number 37 — Concluded^
by Dorothy Kent Hill {‘vide infra) revealed that this and another figure, vir¬
tually identical, were found together, and suggested that they apparently repre¬
sented the Greek twins, Castor and Pollux, costumed as Oriental deities, as
might be expected in Egypt under foreign rule.
From the Spanish Art Gallery, London
Exhibited at the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, London, 1917
Described by A. H. Smith, A Bronze Figure of a Youth in Oriental Costume,
in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, London, I9i7) vol. xxxvn, pp. 135-
139, pi. II, figs. I and 2
Described by Dorothy Kent Hill in the Journal of the Walters Art Gallery,
Baltimore, 1944-45, vols. vii-viii, pp. 78-81, figs. 4 and 5
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38. Roman Bronze Audience Chair / Century
Seat with two serpentine voluted armrests terminating at the rear in swannecks,
and at the front in lion heads and one of two cupid busts ; supported on four
tiered trumpet-type legs enhanced with discs. The seat panels and underframing
have been filled in with beechwood.
Collection Ruesch, Lucerne
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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39. Omayyad Bronze Ewer VIII Century
Hexagonal, with tall ringed flaring neck, high loop handle and long straight
spout. Height I2]4 inches
Exhibited at the L^niversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1943 ^ (V
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40. Seljuk Bronze Dish Xlll Century
Shallow round dish lightly engraved with narrow borders of foliated scrolls,
and centring an embossed figure of a fish with numerous perforations. Green
and red patina. ^ Diameier 13Z inches
41. Arab-Perse Engraved Bronze Rosewater Ewer XVI Century
Ovate body with tall neck, long straight spout, and S-scrolled handle with dog’s-
head billet; lightly engraved with a trellis design and foliage lappets centring a
heart-shaped device. Together with a Seljuk engraved bronze mirror. [Lot.]
^ _ Height 12) inches
42. Persian Chased Bronze Jardiniere Bowl XVI-XVII Century
Flaring bowl with flat base richly chased with medallions of figures and floral
arabesques ; bordered with calligraphy. DianiQter 1 8 inches
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__43. Mosul Engraved Bronze Plaque with Inscriptions XIV Century
Finely engraved with a central arabesque medallion surrounded by a broad
border of three smaller medallions alternating with large Kufic inscriptions, the
shallow chute engraved with arabesqued strapwork. Diameter 20 inches
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■ 44. Egyptian Alabaster Jar Hew Empire
Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck surrounded by a rope-molded ring joined to a
broad strap handle. Height 1 1/4 inches
DINANDERIE AND LATER BRASS, WAX PORTRAITS AND
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45. Five Bibelots
Gallo-Roman carved bone knife handle in the form of a sheathed bust of Jupi¬
ter; Gothic bronze candlestick base; two-pronged traveling fork, and ajoure
buckle; and a Coptic curved shale plaquette carved with foliated scrolls. [Lot.]
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~46. Three Gothic Gilded Copper Appliques XIII-XIV Century
Quatrefoil with figure of the Virgin, and two bas-relief fragments repousse with
figures of saints. Together with a silvered metal annular pectoral, enclosing a
cross set with five colored stone cabochons. [Lot.]
47. Bronze Box of Four Weights French, XVH Century
Contained within a tub-shaped box with strap hinge and hasp.
Length 3j4 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York /
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In the form of a rustic tree trunk with an entwined serpent, the terminal with
the figure of a crouching tiger. Length 3Z inches
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49. 1'wo Romanesque Dinanderie Candlestick Bases Xll Century
I'ripod and tetrapod, the latter lacking a foot; wrought with open scrollings
enclosing tiny figures and animals. [Lot.] Widths 3]4 4.^2 inches
From E. A. Silberman Galleries, Inc., New York
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50. Merovingian Carved Chalcedony Knife Handle " J' Century
In the form of a prawn, with curled tail and sliowing the lames of the shell.
Found in a IVlerovingian tomb near Lyons. Length 2^ inches
Exhibition of Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Walters Art Gallery, Balti¬
more, Md., 1947, no. 547 .
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51. Gothic Gilded Bronze Crucifixion Applique and Pair Figurines
Frcn ch, X I J' Cen tury
Crucifixion with a mourning Mary and S. John in n'joure work within a rustic
arch; and two small hollow-cast half-round figures of saints. [Eot.]
Heights 3^2 and 3JJ inches
Collection of Mrs Herbert Shipman, Parke-Bernet G<'illeries, Inc, 1940
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52. '^Silver-Damascened and Engraved Bronze Toilet Box
J'enetian, X VI Century
Circular box and cover engraved with an allover design of foliage arabesques,
and inlaid in silver with leaf-shaped cartouches in the Persian taste.
Diameter 4]/^ inches
Collection of Mrs Henry Walters, New York
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53. Bell Metal Tripod Pyx French, XJ'III Century
Cylindrical vessel with dome cover having swirled knob finial ; wrought in relief
with birds, baskets of fruit and anthemion motives. Height 4j<> inches
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54. Dinanderie Statuette of a Man " ' XJ' Century
Primitively executed standing figure of a bearded man with outstretched arms,
wearing a short tunic. On wood plinth. ^ Height 4^ inches
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- 55. Carved Ivory Statuette Flemish, XVHI Century
Seated figure of a woman in voluminous robes, reading; at her right side a
distaff. Height 5 inches
-^6. *'Silver-Damascened Bronze Wine Bowl Venetian, XVI Century
Deep bowl chased and elaborately inlaid in silver with bands of trellised and
floral cartouches, foliage arabesques and rosette motives; the interior with a
radial fish medallion. . Diameter 5j4 inches
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57. Romanesque Gilded Bronze Crucifixion Eigure XHI Century
Gently swaying figure of the dying Christ with long flowing hair and draped
loincloth. In fitted leather case. Height inches
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58. Wax Portrait Bust of the Emperor Rudolph
South German, dated 1585
Bust portrait to right, wearing cloak, ruff, and jeweled hat a I’Hongroise; with¬
in an inscribed and dated medallion. Carved and gilded circular frame.
Diameter 2,^4 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
[See illustration]
59. ‘Jeweled’ Wax Portrait of a Lady Italian, XVII Century
Th ree-quarter-length figure of a young woman with bare breasts and elaborately
draped rose skirt, her hair, neck, shoulders, arms and waist lavishly adorned
with simulated jewels. Shadow-box frame. Height 5 inches
Collection of Frederic Spitzer, Paris, 1893
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
[See illustration]
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60. James I Wax Portrait of a Nobleman , ' ^
English, Early XVII Century
Full-length standing figure in black, with short doublet trimmed in gold, and
high leather boots, holding a cane, his left hand resting on a burgonet standing
on a table ; before a background of black and gold simulated leather and a case¬
ment with mica panels. Shadow-box frame. Height 13^4 inches
Collection of Frederic Spitzer, Paris, 1893
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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61. Three Ajoure Bronze Censers Spanish, XIII-XV Century
Two with plain bowls and ajoure Gothic steeple-type covers; the third chased
with Romanesque leaf scrollings, the pierced cover similar. [Lot.]
Heights to 7 inches
62. Engraved Steel Jewel Casket Nuremberg, XVI Century
Oblong casket with hinged cover having double-bar lock and bail handle, en¬
graved with winged cherub heads amid foliage scrolls ; four ball feet.
Length 6 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York . ..
63. Byzantine Bronze Tall-Stemmed Cup VI-VH Century '
"Fulip-form cup incised with a checker pattern; on polygonal stem with a
collar of leaves at the joint, and square foot. Height 6 inches
64. Engraved Bronze Candlestick Venetian, XVI Century
Vasiform shaft surmounting a circular grease tray and bell-shaped foot; en¬
graved with an allover design of interlaced arabesque motives.
Height inches
Collection of Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., London, 1936
65. Romanesque Bronze Crucifixion Eigure XH-XHI Century
■ Primitively executed figure of the bearded Savior, the lower body draped in
loosely flowing loincloth. Mounted on velvet. Height 7^4 inches
Collection of Charles N. Edge, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1946
66. Wrought Gilded Bronze Lock and Hasp French, Late XVI Century
Square panel lock plate richly wrought with plumed helms over scrolled car-
touches and seated male and female allegorical figures, the sides banded wdth
classical vase and other motives ; the hasp WTought wdth the figure of a nymph
holding a basket of fruit. Has stand. Height 7 inches
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67. Gilded and Polychromed Stucco Bas-Relief
Attributed to II Parmigiano, North Italian: XVI Century
The Nativity, depicting a group of shepherds at the left and the Holy Family
at the right in adoration before the Infant; before a background of golden
Renaissance buildings. Inscribed Partn Invent, and dated below 1561. [Wc].
Gilded frame. 8% x 6^ inches
From Comm. Raoul Tolentino, Florence
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68. Dinanderie Statuette of Eve German, F.arly XV Century
Nude standing figure with long flowing hair; on wood plinth.
Height 7% inches
Collection of Dr Simon Meller, Munich
Exhibition of Brass, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R. I., 1941
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69. Carved Tortoise-Shell Bas-Relief
South German, Early XVIII Century
Depicting Abraham sacrificing Isaac, stopped by an angel ; the Sun and Moon
looking down from above. Length HA<
From the Blumka Gallery, New York
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^^^^70. Pair Brass Figural Candlesticks French, XVI Century
Shaft in the form of four addorsed figures of terms, supporting a blossom-
form candle holder; circular foot with band of strap scrolls interrupted by
mascarons. ^ Height^ 9 inches
71. Engraved Gilded Copper Portable Altar^ German, XV'Century
Portion of an altar with a domed oblong table engraved with panels of leafage
centring two medallions of saints, and supported on ten flat pilasters. Together
with a number of small engraved pieces originally forming part of it.
Length 9^ inches
From the Blumka Gallery, New York
72. Gothic Brass-Hilted Steel Cleaver Rhenish, Early XV Century
Broad channeled dagger-shaped blade with octagonal brass baluster-form handle
terminating in an archaic lion-head pommel. Signed illegibly.
Length 1 1 ^ inches
"73. Pair Dinanderie Candlesticks French, Early XVII Century
Small candlestick with baluster-turned shaft supporting a median grease tray,
on flaring circular foot. Height 8 inches
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74. Dinanderie Statuette of a Bishop Flemish, XV Centurv
Standing figure of a bishop wearing a mitre and loose flowing habit, a dog at
his feet. ^ Height 15^ inches
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75, Dinanderie Hexagonal Ewer Flemish, Early XVI Century
Hexagonal pear-shaped body with molded neck collar, lion finial, leaf-form
loop handle and serpent spout; on three paw supports. Height ii inches
Collection Delannoy, Paris
[See illustration]
76. Dinanderie Figural Candlestick .
Franco-Flemish, Early XVI Century
In the form of a bearded knight in full armor and wearing a flat hat, holding an
urn-shaped candle holder in his right hand; on circular pedestal base.
Height ii]4 inches
Collection of Captain Lambert, Oudenaarde, 1926
[See illustration]
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77. ^'Silver-Handled Dagger with Sheath Indo-Fersian, XJ'III Century
Tapered steel blade with deep central channel, hilt with square grip and spat-
ulate pommel inlaid with foliated strapwork; leather scabbard capped with a
sheet of silver engraved with floral arabesqties. Length 18^ inches
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78. Steel Powder Flask Italian {f). Early XFII Century
Semi-conical ribbed body engraved with arabesques; the flat back with belt
hook; hinged cover with tapered cylindrical spout. Height 8 inches
€
/ S~~'^c). Steel Cabasset Siviss, XVI Century
Pear-shaped helm wdth flanged border and rim cn torsade; the base pierced
for lining. Has stand. Height (g inches
Collection of Henry Griffith Keasby, New York, 1925
80. *Gold-Damascened Steel Court Rapier French, XJ'IH Century
Slender channeled and ridged tapered blade lavishly gold-damascened with
scrolled strapwork ornaments, military trophies, etc., the ricasso inscribed with
Avignon maker’s name; damascened double kidney-shaped guard and swept hilt
with ball pommel. Together with a damascened pistol handle of the period.
[Lot.] Length 37^2 inehes
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81. Cast Iron Statuette of Divine French, XV Century
Standing flgu re in voluminous flowing robes with cape and mushroom hat; cir¬
cular base.
Height qj/S inches
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82. Pair Dinand*erie Candlesticks French, XVI Century
'Baluster-turned shaft with urn-shaped candle holder and median grease tray,
on flaring domed foot. Height 9]/2 inches
[See illustration of one on page 52]
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83. Wax Portrait of a Nobleman Spanish, Late XVI Century
Full-length standing figure in black, with white ruff and high-crowned hat, his
right hand resting on a green-covered table; black background with a crimson
drapery. Framed. Height gYz inches
Collection of Frederic Spitzer, Paris, 1893
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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84. Gilded Bronze Chalice Italian, dated 1604
Flaring cup with a lower body of applied masks and Horal cartouches; on turned
support with bulbous knop having figures of the Virgin and Child and the infant
S. John, S. Elizabeth and S. Joseph; on flaring valanced foot repousse with
medallion portraits of the Virgin, S. Hilary, etc. Inscribed underfoot:
Eccesta • Sancti • H Hard ■ Alar anti ■ 1604. Height inches
85. Wrought Iron Portrait Mask French, Late XVI Century
Male head applied with fine wire mustache and forked beard. Has ebonized
plinth. Height lO inches
86. Two Repousse Brass Bowls South German, XV-XVI Century
One bossed with figures of Adam and Eve in the garden, the other with leaping
stag and banderole with German inscription. Diameters io,/4 inches
87. Gothic Dinanderie Twin-Spouted Cauldron French, XV Century
Round cauldron with flaring rim and two animalistic spouts; bail handle at¬
tached to two rude female heads on the rim. Length \0^ inches
88. Dinanderie Pricket CANDLESTi&fc Franco-Flemish, dated 1553
Ring-turned baluster shaft, flaring molded grease tray, and high bell-shaped
foot inscribed with date. Height 14^/2 inches
From Gabriel Pichler ^ Sohne, Vienna
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89. Gothic Illuminated Miniature on Vellum ^ '
Historiated letter N enclosing figures of Christ and the apostles beneath a
canopy surmounted by figure of God the Father, with groups of mortals below;
the letter embellished with ornamental volutes containing bust figures of saints;
on a dark blue ground. Framed. 11x7 inches
From E. ^ A. Silberman Galleries, Inc., New York
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90. Two Gothic Illuminated Miniatures on VellVinI XV Century
Large historiated letter G enclosing a miniature depicting the Death of the Vir¬
gin, in a burnished gold ground ; small letter S depicting S. Anne and the Birth
of the Virgin, in a fragment of an antiphonary. Framed. [Lot.]
1 1 V2 X lOj^ and 8 X 5 inches
91. Gothic Wrought Iron Pricket Table Candlestick
French, Early XV Century
Oblong grease tray with valanced frieze pierced with Gothic fenestrations, cen¬
tring a forged pricket; on tetrapod supports. Height 10^/2 inches
From the Blumka Gallery, New York
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92. Gothic Bronze Folding Table Lectern (■ French, ev en 1500
Open molded stand with cruciform fenestration centring an octafoil device, with
adjustable book rest; on four ring-turned supports. Length 13 inches
[See illustration]
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93. Romanesque Bronze Tripod Cauldron XIII-XIV Century
Large globular vessel with flaring mouth, two primitively formed term handles
joined by a bail handle, and tripod support; the shoulder with an inscribed
median band. Diameter 15 inches
Exhibited at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
[See illustration]
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94. Bronze Mortar Italian, XI'II-ATIII Century
Large Haring cylindrical mortar with molded bands enclosing serpents, bird and
anthemion motives in relief. Diameter 12 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York ^ _
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95. Gothic Dinanderie Dourle Candlestick XV Century
Threaded cylindrical spike shaft fitted with an adjustable twin candle holder;
on flanged circular foot. [Lot.] Height 12 inches
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•96. Set of Tfiree Gotfiic Parcel-Gilded Wrought Iron Appliques
French, XV Century
Composed of a spray of three thistle stems with parcel-gilded blossoms.
Height 13 3^2 inches
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97. Dinanderie Figural 1'wo-Light Candlestick
German, XVl Century
In the form of an armored knight holding aloft two vasiform candle holders
with circular grease traj^s; on flanged bell-shaped base. Height 123Y inches
98. Repousse Brass Bowl and Charger XVI Century
Deep bowl centring a repousse cinquefoil floral medallion, the border engraved
with scrolling tendrils and bird motives; and an armorial plaque with the
Imperial double-headed eagle. [Lot.] Diameters 13/4 and I5]4 inches
99. Chinese Chased and Damascened Bronze Hanging Vessel
Chou iyf)
Pyriform vase with high foot, original cover and bail handle terminating in-
two animal masks ; chased in relief with formalized t’ ao t’ieh ogres picked out
with details of gilding, on bands incised with fret diaper. Height 14% inches
Sc-
100. Ajoure Wrought Iron Bird Cage I'cnetian, Early XVH Century
Square cage fitted with two feeding compartments and hinged door, and sur¬
mounted by a mosque-form top ; wrought with a close allover openwork jer-
ronerie pattern of C-scrolls. Height 20 inches
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lOi.Two Repousse Brass Plaques XV-XVl Century
One repousse with a central lotus medallion within a wreath of foliage and
banderoles; the other with primitive female figures and lyre motives, within
interlaced foliations. [Lot.] Diameters 15^ and inches
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102. Pair Dinanderie Pricket Candlesticks
I'ranco-Fleniish, XVI Century
Having triple-knopped shaft, ring-molded grease tray and tiered dome foot.
Height 19 inches
[See illustration]
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103. Gothic Dinanderie Pricket Candlestick French, XV Century
With ring-turned tapering double-knopped shaft supporting a pierced and
crenelated grease tray, on high domed and flanged foot. FI eight 14% inches
[See illustration]
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104. Bronze Tripod Cauldron Venetian, dated 1750
Bulbous vessel with two archaic animalistic handles, and three bearded mask
supports terminating in hoof feet ; the body centring an oblong panel inscribed
with the Sacred Monogram, another of S. Mary and date 1750.
Height 15 inches.
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105. Repousse Brass Bowl c South German, circa 1500
Cavetto repousse with figures of two vintagers carrying a huge bunch of grapes,
surrounded by a border chased with interlaced late Gothic foliations, and outer
borders of uncial writing and crockets. Diameter 16^ inches
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106. Gilded Bronze Bas-Relief ^
Charles Louis Gerard, French: XVII Century
Depicting an apparition of God the Father and Christ carrying the cross, with
cherub heads in the clouds, before a kneeling donor with two seated figures be¬
hind him ; in the distance, a view of a city. Signed Ch Lvd ■ Gerard Fecit Dvaci.
Length 18^ inches
From the Blumka Gallery, New York 77,' ,. }
107. Two Gothic Wrought Iron Pricket Candlesticks
XIV-XV Century
One with disk-shaped grease tray surmounted by five prickets; the other with
single pricket having median knop; both having tripod base. [Lot.]
Heights 15 and^ 25^4 inches
108. Engraved Brass Charger Venetian, XVI Century
Engraved with roundels and scrolled cartouches enclosing arabesqued strap-
work and floral rosettes. Diameter 19 inches
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109. Two Repousse Brass Plaques South German, XVI Century
One repousse with a pair of vintners carrying a large cluster of grapes; the
other with a central nude figure of the infant Salvator Mundi holding the orb.
[Lot.] Diameters inches
no. Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Wood Bellow'S Venetian, XVH Century
Richly inlaid in bronze wire with foliated scrollings terminating in mother-of-
pearl blossoms. Length 22 inches
Collection Delannoy, Paris
III. Dinanderie Six-Light Chandelier Ilebraeo-Polish, XVH Century
Baluster-turned shaft with bell-shaped pendant, having six leaf-scrolled candle
arms with urn-shaped candle holders, and surmounted by an eagle finial.
Diameter 24 inches
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Q ,-112. Pair Dinanderie Altar Pricket Candlesticks
Dutch or Icuiishj A DII Century
Pricket with deep round grease tray, on ring-molded and knopped stem and tri¬
lateral base with w'horl feet. Height 35 inches
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113.AJOURE Copper Brazier XVI Century
Footed bulbous two-handled vessel with columnar shaft, repousse with bands of
gadrooning within collars of scrolling foliations ; the dome cover pierced with
nude female figures amid leaf scrolls. Height 22 inches
— 1 14. Bronze Armorial Cenotaph Plaque Franconian, XVI Century
Oblong molded plaque with plumed and helmed crest and inscribed banderole.
Height 21 inches ; li'idth inches
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1 15. Persian Chased Gilded Brass Compotier
Round bowl on spreading pedestal foot, ornamented with bands of conventional
floral and geometrical devices enclosing a central collar of interlaced medallions
with Nashki inscriptions. Diameter 12 inches
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1 16. Two Brass Chargers ’ ' XVI Ctntury
"Dne plain, cenfring a circular boss ; the other repousse with a central lotus
medallion and bands of interlaced foliations, geometric devices and wreath of
leafage. [Lot.] Diameters 20]4 23 inches
.6^ -+17. Bronze Dore Mask Applique French, XVH Century
In the form of a laureated bearded mask, crowned by radial lappets. Together
with an engraved steel template composed of two triangles, used for printing
candy packages. [Lot.] Ileight. 7 inches
1 18. Four Ajoure Bronze Censers Spanish, XV-XVI Century
^”One in the form of a mosque pierced with stellate motives; the others footed,
one pear shaped with ajoure coniform cover, and the others with steepled covers
pierced with Gothic tracery. [Lot.] Heights 6]/2 to 9]^ inches
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O O — ^Spherical bowls pierced with trellised cruciform and foliage motives; two with
suspension chains; and one with steeple- type cover. [Lot]
Heights ^05^ inches
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120. Early Christian Ajoure Bronze Stand and Two Polycandela
y V -VI Century
Two ajoure circular plates to hold candles, for suspension ; and a circular stand
with radial spokes, forming a base, possibly of a torchere. Together with an
ajoure bronze hasp ornament formed of three conjoined ajoure plaquettes, from
Baalbek. [Lot.] Diameter 9^ inches
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121. Lot of Gothic Wrought Iron and Bronze Work XIF-XV Century
Iron plaquette pierced with a rosace; bronze fragment of fenestral tracery; two
pairs of dinandcrie buttress ornaments, one having lion base; and two keys with
rosace grips.
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122. Parcel-Gilded Silver Spoon XVII Century
Pear-shaped bowl, with trilateral stem having gilded wrought caryatid scroll
handle. Length 6^ 'niches
From the Blumka Gallery, New York ^ ^
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123. Two Silver and Gilded Iron Portrait Plaquettes <
XT -XI' I Century
Silver fragment depicting S. Jerome; and an oval portrait medallion of Queen
Elizabeth with a silver Medici collar. [Lot.] Heights 2/J and 3^ inches
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124. Wrought Silver Reliquary Statuette
Figure of a saint in voluminous robes holding a gabled coffret, and standing
upon a pierced octagonal base with four lion supports ; the coffret and base inset
with colored paste cabochons. Apocrypal Elizabethan marks. Height 4^^ inches
125. Engraved Silver Tankard Frankfurt, XJHI Century
^Papering cylindrical footed tankard with dome cover having triple blossom
finial, pierced eagle thumbpiece and S-scrolled handle wrought with grapes and
leafage; engraved with Renaissance foliations and repousse with shell motives.
Height ‘jf/y inches
■-126. George III Gilded Silver Ciborium ' vn
TV m. Pitts and Jos. Preedy, London’, 1793
Plain chalice with knopped stem and flaring round foot, the cover surmounted
by a cross. Together with a French silver paten. [Lot.] Height 8 inches
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127. Gilded Copper and Silver AIonstrance Roman, Late XT^I Century
In the form of a hexagonal baptistry with domed summit and arched belfry ;
the underbody with applied winged putto masks and strapwork in silver. On
stand. Height 9 inches
Collection of Alphonse Kami, New York, 1927 C Vr
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Rhenish (f), XT^ Century
Knopped hexagonal stem and tiered hexafoil base with delicate a'joure borders
and set with cabochon ‘jewels’; supporting two curved arms terminating in
standing figures of saints and centring a large hexagonal crystal of smoky quartz.
Some imperfections. ^ ^ Height 9j4 inches
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128. Late Gothic Wrought Gilded Silver Monstrance
Spanish, XVI Century
Hexafoil two-tiered spired receptacle design with standing figures of various
saints enclosed by figural buttresses and cusped and crocketed arches; on con¬
forming tiered shaft and cartouche-shaped foot, and surmounted by a finial
crucifix. Height 21^ inches
Collection of the Marques de Cubas, Madrid ^
[See illustration]
129. Repousse Parcel-Gilded Silver Crucifix Italian, XU' -XV Century
Christ upon a cross with medallions repousse with figures of saints and, on the
reverse, with emblems of the Evangelists; ornamented with filigree work and
paste gems; has plinth stand. Height 19 inches
[See illustration]
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130. Elaborately Wrought Silver Processional Cross
Spanish j XVI Century
Floridly wrought and repousse cross with medallions depicting scenes from
the life of Christ, allegorical figures supporting clusters of fruit, and centring
the crucifixion figure of the Savior, beneath a central roundel of Jerusalem,
crested by the Sacred Monogram; the reverse with the central figure of the
Virgin; on knopped shaft plaque with six oval medallions of saints. Has wood
plinth. Height 38 inches
Collection of Sir Francis Cook, Bart., London, 1925
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
Exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1881, no. 478
Exhibited at the New Gallery, London, 1895, no. 668
[See illustration]
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131. Gothic Wrought Gilded Silver Virgin’s Crown, Inset with
Semi-Precious Stones and Pearls Burgundian, XIV Century
Large ajoure crown surmounted by upstanding clusters of lilies alternating with
wild roses, each cluster embellished with leafage, the hooked tips hung with tiny
baroque pearls ; beneath the engrailed rim is an applied wreath of gilded leaves
and blossoms; the base of the crown wrought in an ajoure pattern of lozenge
motives pierced with quatrefoils. The floral work of the crown is lavishly em¬
bellished with cabochons of emerald, rock crystal, amethystine quartz, and other
semi-precious stones. Diameter i6}4 inches
Note: This remarkable crown ornamented the head of the twelfth century
statue of the Virgin in the Cathedral of Louvain, known as Notre Dame de la
Sagesse.
From Demotte, Inc., New York
Loan Exhibition of French Gothic Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit,
Mich., 1928, no. 74
Exhibited at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N. Y., 1928
Illustrated in the Art News, December, 1928
[See illustration]
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132. Silver AND Repousse Gilded Bronze Chalice
Italian, Late X J I Clentury
Cup engraved with a band of grapes and leafage and supported in a calyx of
paneled masks and leaves; on turned shaft with bulbous knop embellished with
cherub heads within cartouches, the flaring valanced foot repousse with seg¬
mental cartouches of symbolic devices. Height 8 inches
133. Gothic Wrought Silver and Wood Head of S. John on a Charger
A ustrian, circa 1510
Finely carved bearded head framed within masses of soft curling hair, and
affixed to a circular charger. The charger and head are of wood completely
covered by thin sheets of silver. Diameter 17 inches
Note: This interesting early sixteenth century sculpture has been attributed
to the Master of the Kefermarkter Altar in the Catalogue of the Kunstmiiseurn,
Iferne, 1939-40, and came from the St. Florian Stift in Upper Austria.
From the Blumka Gallery, New York
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134. Repousse Silver Oval Alms Dish Dutch, XJlIl Century
^Fhe wide border repousse with Biblical subjects, flowers and foliage.
Length 113/2 inches
135. Parcel-Gilded Silver Small Tankard and Shell Dish
XVII-XJ III Century
Sub-standard silver tankard with domed cover, repousse with heart-shaped
bosses; and small scallop-shell dish with cherub flnial and dolphin-scrolled sup¬
port. [Lot.] Heights 53/2 find inches
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136. Gothic Repousse Silver Chef Spanish, probably XVH Century
Male head in the Roman style forming a reliquary, and detachable from the
shoulders, which are repousse with foliage and bordered with ajoure Gothic
tracery. Height lof/y inches
ITALIAN AND OTHER RENAISSANCE BRONZES
137. Inkwell in the Form of a Merman German, Lute XVII Century
Nude kneeling figure of a bearded merman astride a dolphin and holding a
conch shell forming an inkwell, with hinged cover. Height 43/^ inches
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138. CouCHANT Griffin Venetian, XVI Century
Finely modeled figure of a winged griffin; brown patina, Ebonized stand.
Length 4^ inehes
Collection Weinberger, Vienna, 1929
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139. Presentation in the Temple: Bas-Relief Plaquette
North Italian, X JN Century
Depicting at centre the seated figure of the High Priest, the Virgin presenting
the Christ Child before him and attended by the figures of S. Joseph and holy
women. In case. Height 5j/2 inehes
Collection of David Belasco, New York, 1931 / /
140. Judith with the Head of Holofernes North Italian, XJ'I Century
Draped figure holding the bearded head of Holofernes in her left hand, while
her right upraised arm clasps the grip of a sword. On ebonized socle.
Height 7 inches
From E. A. Silberman Galleries, Inc., New York
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141. Warrior in Armor South German, XVI Century
Standing figure of a knight in full armor with peaked breastplate, his gauntleted
right hand resting upon his hip. On stand. , Height ^7/^. inches
142. Door Knocker in the Form of a Hand Italian, XVH Century
Cartouche-shaped bracket supporting a finely modeled arm with clenched fist
holding a bird. H^^ht 8JA inches
36 — 143. Tripod Incense Burner Tuscan, XJT Century
Boat-shaped vessel wrought with acanthus, and resting upon an urn shaft with
voluted paw-foot supports. _ Height 9 inches
144, Medallion with Head of Zeus Italian, XVI Century
Circular medallion centring the bearded bas-relief head of Zeus above a pen¬
dent goose, encircled by a serpent. Diameter 8J4 inehes
^ _ 145. Youth Seated Florentine, XVI Century
Representing the seated figure of a youth upon the trunk of a tree. On columnar
gray marble plinth, , Total height 9 inehes
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146. Inkwell with Finial Figure of Cupid French, XVI Century
^ ^Globular bowl, tbe sides with griffins and arabesques, and supported on three
nude cruching figures; the domed cover with a standing figure of the winged
Cupid. With glass liner. Height 9^1 inches.
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[number 148]
[number 147]
147. Portrait of a Boy Manner of Pietro Taccdj Italian: 1580-c. 1650
Head of a young boy in Roman style, with corselet chiseled on the breast with
a Gorgon head. On square marble plinth. Height ii^ inches
[See illustration]
148. S. Paul Preaching ‘ "
School of Jacopo Sansovino, Venetian: Late XVI Century
Standing bearded figure in loose flowing habit, his left hand holding his mantle.
Height 14^/2 inches
[See illustration]
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'^^'^^'■'149, Medallion with Portrait of Bernardl s SuPERANTib
Andrea Spinelli, Venetian: 1500- 1572
Obverse, bearded portrait head to left of Bernardus Superantio, inscribed,
signed and dated 1540; reverse with Latin inscription, and date mdxl.
Diameter 12^ inches
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Marcus Aurelius Antonio Filarete, Italian: 1400-1469
Equestrian figure of the emperor, cast in two pieces; after the w’ell-known
antique statue in Rome. On marble plinth. Height 15^ inches
^ /^-45i. Milo of Crotona and the Lion
I Nude muscular figure of Milo of Crotona,
j a tree trunk, attempting to fend off a lion,
raised right leg.
Collection of Edward S. Berwind, Parke-
73- 152. Bust of a Roman Emperor
Well-modeled head with short hair and
antique; on round marble plinth, repaired.
Collection of Edward L. Berwind, Parke-
Italian, A Vll Century
sprawling on the rocky ground before
which has buried its teeth in his up-
Height 26^2 inches
Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1939
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Pietro Tacca, Italian: 1580-c. 1650
draped toga, in the manner of the
Total height 25 inches
Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1939
37' -r52A. Group of the Laocoon, after the Antique
Italian, XVII-XVIII Century
Laocoon and his sons entwined by the serpents, after the original marble in the
Vatican Museum, Rome. Brown patina. On bronze plinth.
Total height 35^2 inches
From Symons Galleries, Inc., New York
Collection of Mrs George L. Mesker, Park-Bernet Galleries, Inc, New York
^^-r53 . Lead Figure of an Athlete
Attributed to Dominico Poggini, Florentine: 1520-1590
Striding figure of a nude youth with head sharply turned, his right arm flexed,
and right foot advanced ; his short wavy hair is tied with a fillet, and a banderole
is pendent from his right shoulder. Oval base. Total height 38 inches
Note: An example of the same subject, in the form of a finished bronze,
is in the British Museum.
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154. Mars
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enetian, circa 1600
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standing nude figure of the helmeted Mars with upraised right arm; on ala¬
baster pedestal. Total height I5j4 inches
Collection of Comm. Raoul Tolentino, New York, 1924 ^
155. Mercury Atelier of Giovanni da Bologna, Florentine : 1524-1608
Muscular figure of the winged Mercury holding aloft a caduceus, and standing
upon a Boreas head; on circular marble socle. Height 18 inches
156. Diana with Bow South German, XVI Gentury
Nude standing figure, her hair tied with a drapery which flows across her left
thigh, and holding a bow in her hand ; on circular marble socle.
Height 13 inches
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157. Gothic Bronze Mortar and Pestle XV Gentury
Straight-sided, modeled with a series of projecting vertical ridges and two lug
handles; a Gothic inscription below the rim. JVidth 8^ inches
From Henri Gamier, Lille
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158. Two Figures of Lions Italian, XVI-XVH Gentury
Figure of a striding lion with curling tail, showing rich traces of gilding; and
a pounce pot in the form of a lion attacking a man. [Lot.]
Lengths 5 and 5 V2 inches
159. Bas-Relief OF THE PiETA
Oblong repousse panel depicting the mourning Virgin in flowing hooded robes
supporting the nude Savior at the foot of the cross ; landscape background.
Framed. In case. 8^4 7/4 inches
Collection of David Belasco, New York, 1931
PRE-COLUxMBIAN MEXICAN POTTERY, PERUVIAN TEXTILES
160. Four Vera Cruz Pottery Heads
I'otonac head of a laughing boy; and three other heads, one wearing a jaguar
headdress; traces of pigment. Two have stands. [Lot.]
Heights 5^2 to 7 inches
1 61. Six Vera Cruz Pottery Heads
Interesting assortment of grotesque heads, some with beards and ‘tattoo’ marks
in black pigment. Together with a female figurine. [Lot.]
Heights 6 to 10 inches
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162. Nasca Polyciiromed Pottery Figural Vase
Shaped as a mummy bundle painted with fish, monsters and serpents, the hands
grasping a club and tubular vessel; lacks head. Height 10^ inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
163. Chiapas Sculptured Limestone Figure
Kneeling figure of the goddess Xipe-Totec with open mouth, her har.ds resting
upon her thighs; wearing a short skirt encircled by a snake; on square plinth.
T otal height 44 inches
1 63 A. Collection of Mexican and Other Pottery ^
Twelve Chipicuaro red pottery bowls with geometric decoration; Costa Rican
baluster vase; Mixtec jaguar-head fragment; and two Peruvian animalistic
jars. [Lot.]
164. Collection of Mexican Pottery
Varied assortment of Chipicuaro geometric red pottery howls. Fifteen pieces
in all. [Lot.]
165. Collection of Peruvian Tapestry Pouches
Twenty-one small pouches, chiefly with crimson grounds woven with con¬
trasting striped and checkered motives. [Lot.]
166. Collection of Peruvian Textiles
Ochre yellow blouse with embroidered bird border; tapestry blouse with bird
and geometric tile pattern; and four shawls. [Lot.]
167. Collection of Peruvian Textiles
Five tapestry panels; thirteen belts or sashes; and a head band in vitrine; some
with human and animal motives. [Lot.]
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CATALOGUE NUMBERS I 68 TO 376 INCLUSIVE
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DAMASKS, VELVETS AND EMBROIDERIES
168. Silk- and Gold-Embroidered Crimson Silk Bag, and Two Bourses
XVI-XVII Century
Bag embroidered wn'th winged cherub masks, and a bird and vine border; the
bourses in ‘lacework’, and applique-embroidered in gold thread and ^colored
silks. [Lot.] ' /^' /y'/‘‘
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169. Gothic Silk- and Silver-Woven Orphrey and Pair Maniples
Cologne, XIV Century
Woven in colored silks and silver thread with floral medallions and pious in¬
scriptions. [Lot.] , y y y
170. Gothic Drap d’Or Crlmson Cisele Velvet Stole and Maniple
XV Century
Voided with a design of scrolls and foliations interspersed with somewhat simi¬
lar motives in gold thread. Together with drap d'or and crimson cisele velvet
fragments of the period. [Lot.] ,, ^ /y
“171. Two Moss Green Cut and Uncut and Embroidered Velvet Stoles
Italian and Spanish, XVI Century
One cut with an allover design of exotic birds and blossoms, in an uncut field;
the other embroiderd in gold thread with ferronnerie foliage scrolls. Together
with a rare part stole in sky blue and brown cisele velvet of the period. [Lot.]
172. Study Collection of Gothic Velvets XV-XVI Century
Including two double-pile crimson velvet panels, one in drap d’or, seven in
crimson, amber and blue cut with ferronnerie patterns; and a purple fragment
of Renaissance design. Eourteen pieces in all. [LotJ
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*^173. Pair Silver-Woven Crimson and Green Silk Damask Panels
Spanish, Early XVI Century
Woven with a recurrent design of leaf green palmette medallions and scrolling
leafage, joined by coronets woven in silver thread. .Eramed. .I4*x \Si inches
174. Two Specimen Textiles Spanish and Italian/ XVI Century
'^Crimson silk-embroidered ivory band patterned with alternate motives of af-
frontes lions symbolizing Leon and turreted castles of Castile ; the other of old
gold brocatelle with figure of S. Peter. [Lot.] Lengths 26 and 20j4 inches
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175. Pair Drap d’Or Ruby Jardiniere Velyet Panels )
I'cnetian, Early XVI Century
Boldly designed palmettes joined by infloiiated strappings worked in gold
threads, and interspersed with green foliage. Framed. 34 x inches
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176. Gold and Silver Bullionwork Picture Italian, XVII Century
Depicting the figure of Christ seated at the well with the woman of Samaria,
flanked by two trees with perched birds, and various reptiles below; in the
background, buildings of a village, and figures. Shadow-box frame.
1 5 .V 20 inches
From the Blumka Gallery, New York - -y ^ ^ .1 ^
177. Two Pairs Small Crimson Velvet Cushions Italian, XVII Century
In line patinated ruby velvet. I'ogether with a Spanish armorial applique of
the period. [Lot.] y
178. Gothic Sapphire Blue Cisele Velvet Cushion
Cover and Stole Italian, XV-XVI Century
Cushion cover cut with a ferronnerie pattern enclosing palmettes; the stole with
a recurrent design of foliage scrolls. T^'ogether with a sapphire blue velvet
cushion with applique-embroidered crest. [Lot.]
179. j\Ioss Green and Ruby Velvet Half-Chasuble
Italian, XJ'II Century
In patinated green velvet centring a light ruby velvet panel and/ypke. *
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180. Three Crimson Frappe Velvet Panels French, Late XJ'II Century
Variously shaped panels embossed with allover designs of palmettes, scrolls and
leafage. Together with a small panel of fifteenth century crimson velvet.
[Lot.] ^ _ Lenj/ths 18 /o 45 inches
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1 81. Four Cisele Velvet Small Cushions Italian, XVI Century
Two in olive green cisele velvet trimmed with gold galloon ; one in sky blue and
tbe other plum. [Lot.] ^
182. Two Point d’Hongrie Silk EmbVoidbry Panels
Italiaii, XVII Century
Zigzag pattern worked in pastel shades of blue, mauve, rose, green and old gold.
[Lot.] 21/4 A" 18 and 17 inches
Collection of Vitall Benguiat, New York, 1927
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183. Regence Leaf Green Brocatelle Damask Jacket, and Tricorn
French, XJ'III Century
jacket patterned with colorful floral motives; and a Louis XVI black tricorn.
[Lot.]
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184. Silk-Needlepainted Brocatelle Chasuble XVI-XVII Century
Cruciform orphreys needlepainted with the crucifixion figure of the Savior,
below the sacred monogram, and above the standing figure of S. Anne holding
the Virgin and Child ; on green and copper floral brocatelle with blue field.
[See illustration]
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185. Tudor Silk and Gold Applique-Embroidered Mitre
English, XVI Century
Pentagonal panel applique-embroidered in colored silks and gold thread with
floral and stellate motives, within a border of floral lappets; in an ivory satin
ground.
[See illustration]
186. Pair Silver and Silk Needlepainted Orphreys
German, XVI Century
Narrow oblong panel needlepainted in silver, gold and colored silks with three
standing figures of saints within arched niches. 45 5 inches
[See illustration]
187. Pavot Needlepoint Panel French, XVII Century
Worked principally in shades of crimson, blue and ivory with a cluster of four
large peonies, in a mustard yellow ground. Framed. Together with two early
sixteenth century tapestry borders, fragmentary. [Lot.] 22 jA x 17 niches
188. Pair Regence Sage Green and Ivory Satin Pampas Panels
French, XVIII Century
Patterned in ivory with baroque festooned pergolas enclosing vignettes of a
floral nosegay and a river landscape, respectively. Framed. 26 x 21 inches
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189. Leaf Green Silk Chasuble Italian, XVI Century
In strie satin paneled with two cisele velvet floral- and scroll-patterned bands.
190. Two Velvet Panels XVI-XVII Century
With an allover design of rows of serpentine foliage vines. Together with a
length of peacock green strie velvet of the period. [Lot.] 29 x 21 inches
19 1. Ruby Velvet and Old Gold Brocatelle Chasuble X VI Century
In finely patinated ruby velvet inset with a panel of old gold floral brocatelle.
Illustration of numbers 185 and 186 appears on the preceding page
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192. Two Drap d’Or Silk Damask Panels Italian, XVI-XVII Century
Patterned with a recurrent design of scrolling floral motives, and a coroneted
floral trellis; in wine red and crimson grounds, respectively. [Lot.]
40 a: 1 7 atid 31x19 inches
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O 193. Scutari Wine Red Jardiniere Velvet Panel XVII Century
/£. Centring a cartouche-shaped lotus medallion, surrounded by interlaced lily mo¬
tives, and conforming spandrels woven in wine red and green on a buf¥ ground ;
the border with stellate devices and trailing foliage vines. Framed.
42 X 26 inches
194. Sapphire Blue Moquette Half-Chasuble Spanish, XVI Century
With an allover pattern of scrolling foliations and roundels outlined with strap-
work. Together with a gold-embroidered sapphire blue velvet runner of the
period. [Lot.]
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95. Two Scutari Jardiniere Velvet Panels XVI-XVII Century
One cut with rose and green rows of palmettes, tulips and carnations, in a
voided old gold ground ; the other cisele in wine and buff with a Horal medal¬
lion and matching carnation spandrels; within a geometric floral border. [Lot.]
^43 X 24 and 35 X 17 inches
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196. Silver Embroidered Crimson Silk Table Cover
Persian, XVII Century
Applique-embroidered in gold and silver thread and colored silks with a man-
dorla medallion, spandrels and border of stellate roundels, stylized blossoms and
scrolling leafage. Length 48 inches; width 31 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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197. Crimson Velvet Table Runner ' Italian, XVI Century
In patinated crimson velvet, trimmed with gold galloon.
6 feet 10 inches x 29 inches
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198. Silver-Embroidered Ruby Velvet Panel
Persian, XVII-XVIII Century
Applique-embroidered in gold and silver thread and colored silks with a crisped
cartouche medallion surrounded by ten song birds ; spandrels and border pat¬
terned with stylized bird figures and floral motives. Mounted on wood panel.
Length 58 inches; luidth 34 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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igg. Black Velvet Mantle Spanish, XJ^IIl Century
In plain soft textured jet black velvet, trimmed with silver galloon and fringe.
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200. Louis XVI Petit Point Floral Panel
Flemish or Dutch, XVIII Century
Petit point panel worked in shades of leaf and olive green, old gold and ivory
with a central llower-filled jardiniere flanked by two bowknotted bouquets of
blossoms. Mounted on wood panel. Lcjir/th 59 inches; width 22^ inches
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201. Jardiniere Velvet Panel Louis XIV Style
Cut with a bold design of tulips, orchids and other flowers and leafage, prin¬
cipally in shades of mauve, green, old gold and crimson.
5 feet 7 inches v 27 inches
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202. ViEiL Or and Crimson Cisele Velvet Mantle
J'enetian for the Eastern Market, XJLI Century
Cut with an allover design of scrolling blossoms and leafage, in a voided old
gold ground. Length 6 feet; width 50 inches
203. Fragment of an Oushak Carpet XVI Century
Brick red field patterned with lapis blue infloriated cartouche-shaped and lozenge
medallions, and an allover geometric floral trellis design.
9 feet 6 inches x 4 feet 9 inches
204. Drap d’Or Embroidered Ruby Velvet Panel Persian, XVII Century
Oblong ruby velvet panel enclosed within a cloth-of-gold border embossed with
a running pattern of stellate floral motives surrounded by serpentine foliations.
Length 48 inches; width 27 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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205. Louis XIV Crimson and Emerald Green Moquette Panel
French, XVII Century
Patterned with an allover design of rows of flower-filled jardinieres within
scrolled cartouches, in an ivory field. 9 feet 7 inches x 6 feet 10 inches
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’206. Ruby Velvet Table Runner Italian, XVII Century
In a beautiful shade of soft textured ruby velvet; trimmed with gold galloon.
7 feet X IQ inches
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Genoese, XI I Century
Length 9 fee^ 4 inches; width gi inches
Length of Ruby Velvet
ij Showing a rich patination of age.
» ,^208. Coptic (Abyssinian) Embroidered Panel with
Christian Symbols , Circa XVI Century
Embroidered in shades of" green, yellow and red with Biblical figures including
the Virgin and Child, and centring the crucified Christ; borders of inscriptions
and Christian symbols. Eramed^ 31 inches x 8 feet
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0 _ 209. Coptic (Abyssinian) Embroidered Panel mtth
Christian Symbols Circa XVI Century
"Eype of the preceding; worked with three figural cartouches. Eramed.
34 inches x 6 feet
210. Three Brocade, Damask and Cisele Velvet Cushions
XVI-XJ7II Century
One in ivory silk floral brocade; another in figured emerald green and yellow
old gold silk damask; and the third in wine red and green cisele velvet. [Lot.]
210A. Eive Needlepoint Chair and Cushion Covers
Worked in floral gros point in bright colors. [Lot.]
Six Fragments of Gold Brocade XVII-XVIII Century
In various colors and patterns, including a child’s brocaded coat. [Lot.]
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' 212. Virgin AND Child, WITH A Saint
Tornniaso da Modena, Italian: 1325-1376
' Full-length figure of the Virgin with brownish red robe and cloak, her left hand
, holding that of the Child, clad in yellow. Who stands at her feet ; at the right
s a saint ( ? S. Torpe of Pisa) in green robe with quilted mantle, holding a banner
with a red cross, and a box. Framed. 6 feet 5 inches x 47 inches
From Salvadore Romano, Florence
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[number 213]
213. Group of Falconers French School, XIV Century
Depicting a youth in white and red costume holding a falcon, talking with a
young girl at the right, in golden yellow robe, a white dog at his feet; at the left
a varlet holding the leash of a hound ; in the background a tree with tiny figure
of a bird. Mounted on plaster board. 6 jeet 5 inches square
Note: From the ancient livery of Raimond Cardinal de Canillac, at
Villeneuve-les-Avignon (Card).
[See illustration]
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214. S. Pantaleone Giannicola di Paolo Manni, Umbrian: c. 1460-1544
Full-length standing figure of the youthful fair-haired saint, wearing a golden
yellow robe with red sleeves and green cloak, and holding the martyr’s palm ; at
his feet two dogs; within a round-arched niche. Framed. 58 x 25^ inches
Note: Giannicola Manni was one of the most talented pupils and co¬
workers of Perugino, the master of Raphael ; he specialized in fresco, one of his
notable works being the Madonna delle Grazie in the Cathedral of Perugia.
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Number 214 — Concluded^
From Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc., New York
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
Described and illustrated in the Catalogue of the Frankfurter Kunstmesse, no.
389, p. 121
[See illustration op the preceding page]
214A. The Savior Italian School, Early XIV Century
Three-quarter-length figure in green robe and tawny red cloak, with long golden
hair and beard, holding a scroll. His left hand raised. Framed.
6 feet 4 inches x 35 inches
215. Two Saints Byzantine School, XIII-XIV Century
Painted in russet brown tonality with a winged female figure, having buff
halo and baton, standing beside an angel holding a bowl. 14 x 13^/2 inches
GOTHIC AND RENAISSANCE FUpsHTURE
FOURTH ^OOR-^E^ ^LUERY^^^
216. Two Louis XHI Carved and Turned Walnu^^rmchairs "
XVII Century
Wood-seat chairs, one with spirally turned member§,.the other of tavern type.
217. Carved Walnut Credenza Italian, XVI Century
Projecting frieze contining two drawers, ornamented with triglyphs and disk
bosses, over carved corbels flanking a double cupboard.
Height 36}^ inches; length 49 inches
From the Davanzati Palace, Florence
Collection of Stefano Bardini, New York, 1918
Collection of George R. Hann, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1945
Illustrated in William M. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, 1918, p. 157,
fig. 138
Illustrated in George Leland Hunter, Italian Furniture and Interiors, 1920,
vol. II, pi. 147
Illustrated in F. Schottmiiller, Furniture and Interior Decoration of the Italian
Renaissance, 1^21, fig. '^6'] _ ^ _ j;
218. Gothic Carved Oak Hutch-Table
French or West German, XV Century
Oblong top, over a cupboard with central door, the four sides paneled with linen¬
fold ornament ; the stiles continuing as supports.
Height 27^ inches; length 51 inches
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219. Carved and Polychromed Wood Crucifixion Figure
French, XV-X VI Century
Life size bearded figure of the nude Christ with slightly bowed head, His long
hair falling upon His shoulders ; the loincloth draped with a cord.
Height 5 feet 10 inches; ividth 5 feet 7 inches
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220. Painted and Parcel-Gilded Tabernacle ItaHan, Late XVI Century
With dentiled cornice and triangular pediment, over conforming architectural
pilasters flanking an open recess ; painted light brown with gilded moldings and
pilasters. Inscribed. Height 49_l4 inches; width 33p| inches
221. Pair Carved Walnut and Brown Leather Armchairs
Italian Baroque
With seat and back panel covered in old brown leather.
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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222. Walnut Small Chest of Drawers Italian, XVI-XVH Century
The front with molded and splayed surround enclosing three paneled drawers.
H eight 2oy2 inches ; length 2'^ inches
223. Carved Walnut Coffer Spanish, XV Century
-The front and sides ornamented with panels of allover chip carving forming a
trellis design, the former interrupted by two median stiles carved with Gothic
wheel tracery. Height 25 inches; length 6 feet l inch
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
224. Henri H Painted Walnut and Leather Lectern
French, XVI Century
Chamfered X-frame with knob finials, and old leather desk.
Height 5 feet i inch; width 21 inches
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225. Henri H Inlaid and Turned Walnut Side Chair
French, XVI Century
Together with a side chair of varying design. [Lot.]
Collection of Dr Albert Figdor, Vienna, 1930
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226. Three Gothic Carved Oak Doors FrVnch, XV Century
One ornamented with recessed and cusped panels carved with trefoil crestings,
the others paneled with linenfold ornament. [Lot.]
FI eights 5 feet 1 1 inches to 6 feet i inch; widths 28]^ inches to 35 inches
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[number 228] [number 227]
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Walnut and Bone Intarsia Armchair North Italian, XVI Century
With seat and back panel covered in russet velvet, the open scrolled arms, seat
rails, legs and front stretcher all with bone intarsia ornament.
Collection Delannoy, Pans
[See illustration]
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228. Louis XIII Carved and Spirally Turned Walnut Armchair
French, Early XVII Century
Transitional Henri IV-Louis XIII example, with spirally turned arms and
underframe, valanced wood seat, back supports and crest rail all finely carved
with foliations.
[See illustration]
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229. Gothic Carved Oak Chest
Old chest with modern lid, the sides paneled with linenfold ornament, the front
carved with fenestrations. Height 2^/2 inches; length 5 feet 6 inches
Gothic Carved Oak Stall Bench
. ‘ Southern French, XJ'-XJ 1 Century
With paneled sides, open back enclosing turned balusters, and wood seat.
Height 46^/2 inches; width 363/2 inches
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Qq 231. Carved Walnut Refectory Table Italian Renaissance
Molded top with dentiled edge, on splayed trestle frame with central turned
pillars. Height 33^ inches; length 7 feet 4 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York ^
■fXo- ^32. Pair Late Gothic Carved Oak Doors with Fenestral Panels
French or Flemish, XVI Century
With single, and double linenfold panels, surmounted by matching panels of
open fenestrations. Height 6 feet ii inches; widths 20^/2 and 32 inches
Collection of Dr Preston Pope Satterwhite, New York
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With ornamental wrought iron hasp hinges and lock plate, the wide stiles con¬
tinuing as supports carved with purfling work.
Height 293^ inches ; length 5 feet 10 inches
wo Henri II Carved and Turned Walnut Armchairs
French, XVI Century
With leaf-carved scroll arms, and stretchered columnar legs, one covered in
copper moquette, the other with wood seat, and back panel covered in moquette.
<3^ ,^-235. Walnut Intarsia Cassone Swiss or Tyrolese, XVI Century
Paneled sides and front with intarsia panel bandings, the latter centring small
panels engraved with architectural scenes and foliations.
Height 22 34 inches; length 5334 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York - ^
^^0-^36. Gothic Carved Oak Bahut Rhenish, XVI Century
Semi-octagonal cupboard with door centring a recessed niche and figure of
Christ, over a shallow cupboard, and further enhanced with parchement scrolls
and linenfold panels; turned feet. Height 3534 inches; length 41 inches
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FOURTH FLOOR — REAR GALLERY — Continued
^—237. Louis XV Carved Walnut and Caned Duchesse Brisee
French, XVIII Century
Molded curvilinear frames carved with foliations, and fitted with caned panels;
cabriole legs. ' ^
Vo- 238. Gothic Carved Oak Bedstead Flemish, XV Century
With tall headboard, low footboard with latei'al chamfered posts, and front-
board all paneled with linenfold ornament beneath zigzag bands ; pine back-
board. Height 5 feet 2 inches; width 42^2 inches
»'■“ 239. Walnut Folding Monastery Chair 'Italian, XVI Century
Together with a walnut intarsia X-stool from the Fidgor collection. [Lot.]
/ A— 240. Louis XIII Carved and Turned Walnut Armchair
In Needlepoint Dutch, XVII Century
Together with a Henri II carved walnut and applique crimson velvet side chair.
[Lot.]
XVI-XVII Century
Length 15 inches
Carved Oak Spice Cabinet
Together with a beechwood tabouret. J[Lot.]
,3 '242. Gothic Oak Tabouret "^French, XV Century
Together with a carved and polychromed spinner’s staff. [Lot.]
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Together with a three-legged stool. [Lot.]
French, XVII-XVIII Century
— 244. Gothic Carved Oak Gate-Leg Table
Oblong top with two drop leaves, over trestle ends pierced with arcades above
conforming carved quatrefoils. Height 27 inches; length open 38^ inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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245. Two Louis XIII Turned Walnut Tabourets 'Y
French, XV H Century
One with spirally turned legs, the other with shaped seat and baluster-turned
frame.
^ 246. Henri H Turned Walnut Fauteuil French, XVI Century
Together with a painted, carved and spirally turned nursing chair with brown
leather seat, from the Figdor collection. [Lot.]
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247. Henri II Turned Walnut and Figured Moquette Bench
French, XVI Century
Oblong seat covered in moquette, woven principally in green and old gold with
a floral design and striped border on all sides ; on eight columnar supports with
enclosed stretcher. Length 49^ inches
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248. Carved and Parcel-Gilded Walnut Pedestal-Form'^Torcher'E
Florentine, XVI Century
With paneled quadrangular base on paw feet, supporting a columnar standard
carved with drapery festoons and leaf collars, surmounted by a pricket candle
holder with ajoUre corona. Height 5 feet i inch
From the Davanzati Palace, Florence
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249. Pair Carved Walnut Doors French Renaissance
With upper and lower quartered panels centring rosette bosses, and carved with
birds and leaf scrolls, the conformingly molded central panels carved with fig¬
ures of the Four Seasons.
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250. Late Gothic Walnut Tabouret
Together with a small walnut splay-leg tabouret. [Lot.]
Collection of Dr Albert Figdor, Vienna
251. Paneled Walnut Altar . Italian, XVI Century
Oblong altar with paneled sides, and projecting kneeling plinth.
^ _ 35Lt inches; length 6 feet
252. Gothic Carved Oak Tabernacle " ^ ^
The sides and front with purfled cresting, and open fenestrations, the stiles in
the form of crocheted piers. Height 31^ inches; width 20^4 inches
253. Pair Wrought Bronze Torcheres Italian, XVHI Century
Knopped shaft wrought with acanthus leaves, festoons and cherub heads, on con¬
forming trilateral paw-foot base with cartouches of saints.
Height 5 feet 4 inches
From Wm. Baumgarten ^ Co., Inc., New York .
254. Late Gothic Carved Oak Lectern Cupboard
French or Flemish, XV-XVI Century
Lectern base, three sides ornamented with linenfold panels, the fourth occupied
by a cupboard door with ornamental wrought iron hinges and lock plates.
Height 33% inches; length 34^ inches
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255. Painted Walnut Small Dressoir Flemish(f ) , XVI-XVII Century
With paneled sides, and front containing a small door ; the stiles continuing as
legs with enclosed stretcher and fragment of platform. Painted dark bro^vn.
Height ^2y2 inches ; width 28^ inches
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256. Painted and Parcel-Gilded Wall Mirror Italian, XVI Century
Oblong frame with gilded molding enclosing a blue-painted border decorated in
gold with leaf ornament. .» 43^ inches x 3634 inches
-^257. Two Gothic Wrought Iron Torcheres c 6
Together with a tripod standard lacking grease tray. [Lot.]
Heights 54 inches and 5 1 inches
^ Q _ 258. Louis XIII Spirally Turned Walnut Side Table A ' ?
Southern French, XVI I Century
Oblong top with frieze drawer, on boldly spiraled and blocked legs, joined by a
recessed stretcher. Height 283^ inches; length 35/^ inches
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259. Carved Walnut Wall Mirror Lyonnais, XVI Century
Molded and leaf-carved pulvinar frame with inset oval mirror of later date,
surmounted by a pedimental cresting carved with fruit festoons and lion masks,
centring a shell motive and female mask. Height 31 incjtes; width 193^ inches
/ — 260. Wrought Iron and Brass Faldstool Italian, XV Century
Folding frame with upper and lower bar traverses and brass ball finials. Pro¬
vided with a crimson velvet seat cushion.
Collection of Edmond, Archbishop of Trebizond
0~ 261. Carved Pine Coffer Tyrolese, XV-XVI Century
The front carved with borders of conventional leaf ornament upon the edge of
the lid and four stiles ; matching arcaded base.
Height 39 inches; length 5 feet 6 inches
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262. Carved Walnut Wall Mirror Florentine, XVI Century
Architectural frame with molded cornice and surround framing an inset oval
mirror. Height 273^ inches; width 24 inches
Collection of Comm. Elia Volpi, New York, 1927 ^ .
. Carved Walnut Lectern North Italian, XVI Century
With gabled desk having ends carved with conventional foliage motives, revolv¬
ing on a corbeled and conformingly carved quadrangular standard, and molded
plinth base. Height 5 feet 5 inches; width 20 inches
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264. Late Gothic Carved Oak Armoire French, Early XVI Century
Concave armoire with splayed sides, the front and one end ornamented with
lincnfold panels; and containing three series of double cupboard doors. Two
median drawers missing. From Aix-en-Provence.
Height 7 feet i im h : n idth 52 ini hen
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265. Two Henri II Carved and Turned Walnut Armchairs
XVl-XVIl Century
Wood-seat chairs, one with inlaid splat and carved crest, the other with open
spindled back panel. ^ ^ ,
266. Carved Walnut Coffer Lyonnais, XVI Century
Transitional Francois I-Henri II example with lid of later date, the front and
sides with foliage-carved pilasters flanking panels ornamented in haut-relief with
, adosses chimeras and figures of saints.
I Height 30^2 inches; length 5 fe.et 6 inches
267. Gothic Carved Walnut Coffret French, XV Century
The front finely carved with a panel of blind fenestrations and quatrefoils.
Length 19^^ inches
From Keller ^ Funaro, New York ^
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' <^^--268. Gothic Wrought Iron Torchere Spanish, XVI Century
With knopped and spiraled shaft on tripod base; supporting a central ajoure
candle socket, encircled by a conforming fretted hexagonal corona.
Height 59^ inches
^ 269. Walnut Prie-Dieu ^ I tafian, XVI Century
Molded crest ^vith paneled drawer, on twin octagonal columnar supports, and
plinth base with hinged kneeling platform. Height 39 inches; width 29 inches
FOURTH FLOOR— FRONT GALLERY
Two Carved Walnut and Leather Armchairs XVI I Century
Open-arm frames with varying carved ornament, one with turned front sup¬
ports, the other with worn leather seat.
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271. Gothic Carved Oak Tester Bedstead ' ^
^ Franco-Flemish, Late XV Century
With tall headboard surmounted by pierced tracery panels, low footboard, and
conforming side panels, all carved with linenfold ornament, the two front posts
with columnar upper portions carved with chainwork ornament. Added upper
portions and tester hung with an old gold velours valance ; matching coverlet
and two cushions. Height 7 f^et 6 inches; width 54 inches
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272. Walnut Desk-Coffer on Stand Italian, Late XVI Century
Paneled coffer with hinged slant lid having book ledge, on lyre-form slab ends
with platform base. Height 42 inches; length 50 inches
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273. Louis XIV Carved Walnut Frame Saw French, XVII Century
Chamfered and shaped frame with screw handle set in leaf-carved bracket.
Height 48^2 inches; width 30^2 inches
274. Pair Carved and Polychromed Statues of Roman Warriors, of
Heroic Size Pierre Puget, French: 1622-1694
Realistically carved muscular bearded figures of helmed Roman warriors wear¬
ing a tunic, short blue skirt and loosely tied crimson drapery, shod in sandals and
standing upon a rustic base ; one with short sword in his belt.
Heights 6 feet 10 inches and 7 feet l inch
Note: These colossal figures were originally designed for the court of
Louis XIV as decorations for a boat.
275. Two Louis XIV Walnut and Crimson Damask
Upholstered Armchairs French, Late XVI I Century
Upholstered seats and backs covered in worn crimson damask, one with match¬
ing covered open arms, the other with open scrolled wood arms; trumpet-
turned underframes with flat shaped cross-stretchers.
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
276. Carved and Inlaid Walnut Cassone Sienese, Early XVI Century
Paneled lid and three sides, the latter ornamented with intarsia bandings;
gadrooned pulvinar plinth with paw feet. FI eight 24 inches; length 6 feet
Collection of Comm. Elia Volpi, New York, 1,927
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277. Carved Walnut Armoire Tuscan, XVI Century
Molded and dentiled cornice, over conforming upper and lower pulvinar frieze
moldings, enclosing paneled cupboard doors and a drawer; paw feet.
Height 7 feet; width 59 inches
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278. Pair Forged Iron and Brass Torcheres Italian Renaissance
Standard with brass central median knop, and terminals ; on strap-scrolled tripod
base. Height 5 feet 6 inches
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^ 279. Pair Forged Iron and Brass Torcheres
Similar to the preceding.
Italian Renaissa?ice
Height 5 feet 6 inches
280. Pair Forged Iron and Brass Torcheres Italian Renaissance
Type of the preceding, hut smaller, and varying in design. Height 56^ inches
281. Carved Walnut Armorial Cassone Tuscan, XVI Century
'Fhe front with lateral terms, and panel with guilloche-carved border centring
an escutcheon with the coat of arms of the Torrigiani family.
Height 22^4 inches; length 5 feet 9 inches
Collection of Comm. Elia Volpi, New York, 1927 __
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— 282. Carved and Paneled Walnut Cassone Italian, XVI Century
The front containing three molded panels carved with a central armorial escut-
j cheon, and flanking blank cartouches; front feet in the form of architectural
capitals. Height 20Y2 inches; length 5 feet 6 inches
From Sangiorgi, Rome
ffo- 283. Gothic Carved and Painted Reliquary French, XV Century
Spived cabinet with open fret panel above a cupboard door; on crocketed shaft
carved with imbrications, and trihedral base. Height 6 feet; width 17^ inches
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2a — 284. Carved Walnut Centre Table Tuscan, XVI Century
Oblong top with paneled frieze containing two drawers, and matching inset
pedestal-form base containing a lateral deep drawer ; gadrooned plinth with paw
feet. Height 30^ inches; length 47 inches
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/ C) ~ 285. Franqois I Carved Oak Coffer Flemish, XVI Century
The front and sides ornamented with half-spindles, flanking recessed frieze
panels carved in haut-relief with mascarons developing foliage scrolls, and lower
panels with leaf-carved spandrels and molded roundels encircling figures of
female saints. Height 43^2 inches; leng4h 5 feet 7 inches
I 286. Gothic Forged Iron Lectern Spanish, XV-XVI Century
Open skeletal frame ornamented with purfled cups, crested with an ajoure
panel and faceted knob finials ; old leather desk, imperfect.
Height 62 inches; width 17 inches
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287. Gothic Turned Oak Lectern French or Rhenish, XV Century
With gabled desk, revolving on a columnar-turned frame, with open square base
on globe feet. Height 5 feet; width I9/^ inches
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[number 289] [number 288]
DINANDERIE CANDLESTICK: NUMBER 82
288. Henri II Carved and Turned Walnut Small Caqueteuse
Southern French, XVI Century
With narrow paneled back surmounted by a carved crest, wood seat, and open
scrolled arms on baluster-turned supports ; stretchered underframe.
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York o
'289. Gothic Finely Carved Oak Tabouret French, XV Century
'Molded oblong seat, keyed through by the shaped slab supports, conformingly
scrolled upper traverp carved in front with a quartered coat of arms and initials
C M , the reverse with dolphin arabesques; lower scrolled stretcher.
Illustrated and described in La Renaissance, Feb., 1924
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290. Carved Walnut Centre Table l<lorth Italian, Early XVII Century
Oblong top, over a cable-fluted frieze with outset dies; leaf-carved pillar legs
with paw feet resting upon plinths. Height 32 inches; length 52^ inches
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J291. Set of Six Carved Walnut Sgabelli Tuscan Renaissance
Shaped back and front supports elaborately carved with demi-figures, mascarons
and an armorial escutcheon. ^
Collection of Cortlandt F. Bishop, New York, 1935
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292. Three Gothic Oak and Beech Stools
Oblong seats, with shaped slab ends. [Lot.]
293. Carved and Decorated Walnut Mirror
Tabernacle frame finely carved with leaf ornament
panel painted with a figure of a saint, and revealing a
Height :^oy2
“294. Henri II Turned Walnut Side Chair
Together with a walnut occasional table. [Lot.]
XVTXVH Century
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Italian, XVH Century
and grotesques, a sliding
mirror plate.
inches; width ISJ^ inches
French, XVI Century
295. Three Gothic Carved Wood Pedestals XV Century
/ Two octagonal columns with lower contreforts, one with remains of painted
"decoration ; and a knopped quadrangular shaft with cruciform base. [Lot.]
Heights 463^ to 48/^ inches
296. Pair Carved Walnut Arms Racks Italian, XVH Century
Upright molded and carved frames with scrolled supports for nine arms. To¬
gether with a pair of fifteenth century two-handed executioner’s swords. [Lot.]
HeightX) feet 7 inches
/ '5^^97. Carved and Turned Walnut Spinning Wheel XV HI Century
Together with a small coffee grinder. [Lot.]
Height 31]^ inches ; width 18]^ inches
^A_^8. Gothic Forged Iron Folding Curule Chair Italian, XV Century
^ Knopped and cusped curule frame, with rear steepled shield finials, and brass
ball hand grips, on walnut arcaded bar supports with paw feet ; seat and back
panel in apricot velvet.
Collection of Prince Doria, Rome
SECOND FLOOR— REAR EAST GALLERY
ERANgois I Carved Walnut Chaire French, XVI Century
Stall chaire with hinged box seat and lower linenfold panels, the back carved
with chimeras and putto. Height 5 feet 2^ inches; width 24 inches
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300. Forged Iron Balcony Grille Spanish^ circa 1600
Demi-hexagonal grille panel formed of foliage arabesques and upright scroll¬
work borders, and with four outer upright knopped bars.
Height 41^ inches ;%vidth,2,6y^ inches
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^ O — 301. Two Louis XIII Carved and Turned WalnIjt aMd Crimson
Damask Armchairs Franco-Flemish, XV 11 Century
Together with a spirally turned walnut side chair. [Lot.]
302. Late Gothic Carved Oak Coffer
Containing Gothic panels carved with fenestral ornament.
Height 29 inches; length 5 feet 5 inches
X) ^ __303. Carved and Inlaid Walnut Refectory Table Italian, XVI Century
Oblong banded top with cable-fluted frieze, on four columnar supports with
leaf-collared plinth feet. Height 31 inches; length 7 feet 2 inches
Collection of Clarence H. Mackay, New York ^
304. Ttvo Henri II Walnut Armchairs French, XVI Century
One having upper frame with remains of buff velours covering, the other in
crimson damask. ^ ]
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(y — 3*^5- Gothic Carved Oak Coffer Franc o-Fleinish, Late XV Century
X ' With ornamental wrought iron lock plate, and side carrying handles, the front
and sides paneled with carved linenfold ornament; arcaded base.
Fleight ^ inehes; length 6 feet
306. Gothic Carved Walnut Octagonal Canopy French, XV Century
^ O Paneled on all sides with carved linenfold ornament, beneath a crocheted and
purfled cresting with peaked hood. Height 5 feet 9 inches
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307. Carved and Inlaid Walnut Cassone Florentine, XJ' Century
O O —The flat-arched lid, and three sides inlaid with geometrical borders, the four
stiles carved with leaf-scrolled buttresses ; molded plinth base.
Height 35/4 inches; length 6 feet 9 inches
From the Davanzati Palace, Florence
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
Described and illustrated in George Leland Hunter, Italian Furniture and
Interiors, 1920, pi. 182
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308. Carved Walnut Buffet a Deux Corps French Renaissance
With molded and leaf-corbeled cornice, over terms flanking cupboard doors
carved with strap scrolls and foliations ; conforming doors below, beneath two
pulvinar drawers, and plinth base on block feet.
Height 6 feet 7 inch^ width ^6 inches
309. Pair Carved Walnut and Beech State Chairs -Italian Renaissance
Wood-seat chair with elaborately carved cartouche-shaped back panels, and
front stretcher.
Collection of James B. Donahue, New York y*)
310. Pair Henri II Walnut and Crimson Cisele V^vet Side Chairs
French, XV I Century
Seat and back panel covered in crimson cisele velvet; columnar front legs, and
rear chamfered supports, joined by a recessed stretcher.
3 1 1 . Henri IV Carved Walnut Buffet a Deux Corps
French, Early XVII Century
With molded cornice, and frieze ornamented with winged cherub heads, over
double paneled doors with half-round columnar pilasters, and two lower frieze
drawers flanked by leaf-carved corbels, the centremost corbel facing a narrow
drawer with secret compartment; a conforming arrangement of cupboard doors
below, on molded plinth base with globe feet.
Height 6 feet 6 inches; width 5 feet i inch
312. Gothic Wrought Iron Lectern French, XV Century
Open skeletal frame developing ornamental cusps with trefoil terminals, and
with upper spiraled sections surmounted by globe finials; the book rest com¬
posed of three link chains. Height 37 inches; width 19 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York ^ ^
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-313. Pair Walnut and Olive Green CiselIe Velour^Side Chairs
Italian, XVH Century
With open fretted stretcher, and columnar supports ; seat and back panel cov¬
ered in worn velours.
SECOND FLOOR— MIDDLE WEST GAJT^Y
314. Carved Walnut Cassone -fenHian, circa 1600
With flat-arched lid, the front with panels centring allegorical figures, enclosed
by strap scrolls, and flanked by lateral terms and a central mascaron with
armorial escutcheons ; matching feet. Height 2634 inches; length 5 feet 7 inches
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315. Carved Walnut ‘Dagobert’ Curule Chair French, XVI Century
Seat and back panel in crimson velvet, open scroll arms; the front curule sup¬
ports, and lateral stretchers carved with scrolling foliations.
Collection Delannoy, Paris
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
[See illustration]
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316. Carved Walnut and Blue Velvet Dantesque Chair
Italian, XVI Century
Seat and back panel in turquoise blue velvet, the arm terminals and intersection
of the curule supports carved with rosettes ; paw feet.
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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317. OUDENAARDE ChOUFLEUR TaPESTRY WITH BiRDS AND AnIMALS
XVI Century
Depicting a landscape, with scattered trees and houses and figures of soldiers in
the background ; the foreground occupied by a screen of huge curling green
leaves and flowering plants amid which are birds and animal monsters; tan
border of fruit and flowers, with small figures of birds and animals.
9 feet 2 inches x 10 feet 6 inches
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318. William and Mary Turned Walnut Side "Table
English^ Late XVII Century
Oblong top with single drawer, sausage-turned and blocked legs and stretchers.
Height 26 inches; length 33/^ inches
319. Carved and Inlaid Walnut Dantesque Chair
Italian, XVI Century
Curule frame inlaid with triple bandings; leather seat, and crimson velvet back
panel. With crimson brocatelle cushion.
Collection of Jules S. Bache, New York
^ 320. Walnut Side Chair and Two Tabourets FrencH, XV-XVI Century
Spindle-back side chair, Gothic footstool and a polychromed stand for a proces¬
sional staff. [Lot.]
~ 321. Two Turned Walnut Side Chairs French, XVI-XVII Century
With columnar, and baluster-turned front legs, respectively; covered in old
gold, and powder blue velours.
j — 322. Henry VIII Carved Oak Refectory Table English, XVI Century
/ X) ^ 0 .-Oblong top, over a deep frieze carved on all sides with a lozenge band and
zigzag borders, and with scrolled brackets heading six octagonal legs, chip-
carved to form series of arcades; shaped block feet joined by transverse stretchers.
Height 32 inches; length 12 feet
From St. Donat’s Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales
From French ^ Co., Inc., New York
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323. Carved Oak Chaire with Canopy Franco-Flemish, Late XV Century
Ornamented with single linenfold panels, the back carved with foliated tracery
and rows of fenestrations, and surmounted by a canopy with crocket finials.
Height 6 feet 4 inches
324. Carved Walnut Buffet a Deux Corps French Renaissance
The upper stage with frieze of winged cherub heads and rinceau ornament, over
pendent floral swags and lower mascarons enclosing double doors carved with
putti, and two drawers; conforming underbody.
Height 6 feet 2 inches; width 57^ inches
325. Walnut and Bronze Gold Velvet Armchair
Swiss or North Italian, Earfy XVI I Century
Seat and back panel covered in bronze gold velvet ; open scrolled arms, on cham¬
fered supports with pierced stretchers.
326. Gothic Carved Oak Stall Chaire French, Early XV Century
Hinged box seat, the tall back, slanting sides, and front paneled with linenfold
ornament. Height 52 inches; width 32^ inches
327. Henri II Carved and Turned Walnut Draw-Leaf Table
Southern French or Ligurian, XVI Century
Oblong top with lateral draw leaves, over a frieze with turned pendants at the
angles; on nine columnar supports with plinth stretcher, those at either end with
carved and pierced corbels in the form of chimeras, centring an arcade with
winged cherub head. Height 31^ inches; length 5 feet i inch
extending to 9 feet 6 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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328. Pair Walnut Savonarola Chairs Italian, XVI Century
Serpentine X-frame, the flat-arched back rail with slightly varying punchwork
ornament. With two cushions.
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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329. Walnut Savonarola Chair
Almost matching the preceding.
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
330. Walnut Savonarola Chair
Type of the preceding, but varying in design.
Collection of Alphonse Kann, New York
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331. Louis XIII Inlaid and Spirally Turned Walnut Centre Table
Flemish, XVII Century
Molded top having frieze drawer inlaid with stellate motives, on spirally turned
legs with ebonized lower collars, and recessed stretcher.
Height 29^ inches; length 41 inches
Italian, XVI Century
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332. Henri II Carved Walnut ^nd Amber Utrecht Velvet Armchair
French, XVI Century
Together with a varying armchair with elaborate scrolled arms; both covered in
golden amber Utrecht velvet. [Lot.]
333. Carved Beechwood and Crimson Velvet Dantesque Chair
Italian, XVI Century
Seat and back panel covered in crimson velvet, the latter applique-embroidered,
the curule front supports carved with conventional leaf ornament.
Collection Delannoy, Paris
334. Gothic Stained and Painted Glass
INDOW
English, Late XV Century
Depicting the standing robed figure of S. James with pilgrim staff and book,
and beaver hat, before a ruby background within a Gothic niche.
Height 49^ inches; width 15 inches
335. Pair Gilded Bronze Cathedral Torcheres Italian, XVII Century
Trilateral shaft with large bulbous knop embellished with winged cherub heads
and leaf scrolls, on conforming base with three scroll feet. Height 44 inches
From Piero Tozzi, New York
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336. Henri H Turned Walnut Draw-Leaf Table French, XVI Century
Oblong top with lateral draw leaves, and corner pendants, on seven columnar
supports, joined by a molded plinth stretcher ; bun feet.
Height 32 inches; length 50^2 inches extending to 7 feet lO inches
[See illustration]
337. Louis XHI Carved and Spirally Turned Walnut Armchair
Northern French or Flemish, XVI I Century
Seat and back panel covered in worn crimson rep, the spirally turned frame with
lion-head arm terminals and ball feet.
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338. Henri II Carved Walnut Caqueteuse French, XVI Century
With narrow paneled back surmounted by a foliated cresting centring a female
mask; wood seat open, scrolled arms on turned supports continuing to the
stretchered underframe. With crimson velvet cushion.
From St. Pancrace, Pont St. Esprit
339. Turned Walnut Small Refectory Table Italian, XVI Century
Oblong top, on end balusters, with flat traverse rail, and scrolled bridge feet.
, Height 29^ inches; length 57 inches
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340. Two Carved Walnut Sgabelli
Swiss or North Italian, XVI-XVII Century
Together with a carved walnut tavern chair. [Lot.]
341. Beechwood Credenzina Italian Renaissance
With frieze drawer, over double cupboards flanked by colonnettes.
Height 34]4 inches ; width 31 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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342. Henri H Turned Walnut Occasional Table French, XVI Century
Oblong top, on slender columnar supports, with lateral molded stretchers;
centre brace. Height 26^2 inches; width 24^ inches
~343. Carved and Decorated Walnut Lectern Umbrian, XVI Century
With fret-scrolled cresting and ledge centring cabochons, the X-frame carved
with imbricated coin bands; the sides with sockets for candles.
Height 55 inches; width 23 inches
344. Parcel-Gilded Forged Iron Sign Bracket
Italian, X VI-X VH Century
Upswept arm with narrow valanced canopy, and open scrollwork bracket with
wrought leaf ornament. Length 6 feet 6 inches
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345. Henri II Carved Walnut Cabinet a Deux Corps
He de France, XVI Century
The upper section wtih pedimental cresting, ebony half-colonnettes and inset
marble plaquettes, and containing a double cupboard and three lower drawers;
carved with leaf arabesques, draped nude figures, and escutcheons. The con¬
forming underbody containing two additional small drawers and a double
cupboard. Height 6 feet 4 inches
Collection of Stanley Mortimer, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1944
346. Walnut Intarsia Coffer-Bench Florentine, Late XV Century
Long bench with coffer seat having tw’o hinged lids, paneled back with molded
cornice, and projecting plinth base ; ornamented with intarsia bandings and
borders, the back panels with geometric stellate motives.
Height 50}^ inches; length 10 feet 2 inches
From the Davanzati Palace, Florence
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
Illustrated in William M. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, 1918, p. 87,
fig- 73
Illustrated in George Leland Hunter, Italian Furniture and Interiors, 1920,
vol. II, pi. 133
347. Henri II Carved and Inlaid Walnut Centre Table
North Italian, XVI Century
Oblong banded top, over a frieze inlaid with a cube treillage, scrolled brackets
and foliage-carved dies heading columnar supports, with conformingly molded
and inlaid plinth base. Castered. Height 34^ inches; length 42^^ inches
348. Three Forged Iron and Steel Jewel Caskets
Southern French or Spanish, XV Century
From the Collections of the Marques de Cubas, and Otto H. Kahn. [Lot.]
Lengths lOto 15 inches
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349. Gothic Carved Oak Coffer French, XV Century
With molded lid, the sides containing linenfold panels, the front with molded
surrounds framing panels of carved fenestral ornament developing foliated
tracery; stiles continuing as supports. Height 32 inches; length 5 feet 5 inches
[See illustration]
350. Henri II Turned Oak Tabouret French, XVI Century
With molded demilune seat, on three columnar supports with T-stretcher.
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351. Carved Walnut Cassapanca Tuscan, XVI Century
Paneled bench with double lid box seat, and ogee base on projecting plinth; the
sides faced with carved female masks.
Height 44 inches; length 8 feet 8 inches
Erom the Davanzati Palace, Florence
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
Illustrated in George Leland Hunter, Italian Furniture and Interiors, vol. ll.,
pi. 134
352. Pair Romanesque-Gothic Ironwork and Wood Church Doors
French, XIII Century
Upright double doors, each with one side and edges covered in iron sheeting,
overlaid with a conforming rosetted trellis.
Height 8 feet l inch; overall width 5 feet 10 inches
353. Carved and Inlaid Walnut Miniature Table
Italian, XVI Century
Together with a forged iron lectern. [Lot.] Length 19^ inches
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354. Carved Walnut Centre Table Umbrian, XVI Century
Oblong top edged with carved imbrications, on shaped slab ends ornamented
with scaling and foliated strap scrolls, and keyed through by a conforming
traverse bar. Height 32 inches; length 58 inches
355.T6LE AND Wrought Iron Bracket Lantern
Italian, XVI-XVH Century
Together with an eighteenth century painted tole hanging lantern in the Gothic
taste. [Lot.] Height 31^2 inches
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356. Richly Sculptured Walnut Arimoire a Deux Corps
Burgundian Renaissance
The general design and carved ornament closely approximating the famous
armoire from I’Abbaye de Clairvaux, in the Miisee de Cluny. The architectural
faqade containing upper and lower double cupboards, intersected by a pair of
drawers, and sides richly carved with foliage arabesques, birds and mascarons,
and enhanced with sculptured terms and other classic ornament. The front
inset with marble plaquettes and cabochons. Height 7 feet; width 53 inches
Collection of Genevieve Garvan Brady, Manhasset, L. I.
[See illustration]
GROUND FLOOR— EAST GALLERY (OFFICE) AND CORRIDOR
357. Walnut Cappeliera Tuscan, circa 1500
Together with another of varying design, dated 1647. [Lot.] Length 30 inches
358. Henri II Turned Wali^^t and BroWn Leather^Side Chair
French, XVI Century
Seat, back supports and upper panel covered in brown leather, the latter
repousse with scrollwork ornament ; columnar legs with front foot-rest
stretcher.
359. Carved Walnut Armchair Italian, XVI Century
Back panel covered in crimson velvet, and seat covered in modern floral needle¬
point, the supports joined by a raised and pierced stretcher.
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
360. Carved and Inlaid Walnut Refectory Table
Italian, XVI Century
Oblong top inlaid with a shaped panel banding, on lyre-form slab ends carved
with leaf scrolls and festoons, each centring a blank escutcheon, and joined by a
raised stretcher. Height 34 inches; length 9 feet 4 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
361. Two Carved and Turned Walnut Armchairs XVH Century
Louis XIII box-seat chair wdth arcaded back; and a Swiss chair carved with
foliations and I H S, the seat covered in antique crimson velvet.
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362. Pair Regence Wrought Bronze Altar Gates
Swiss or West German, Early XVIII Century
Serpentine-arched double gates with baroque broken pediments surmounted by
cupids, wrought with openwork festoons and figures of saints within rococo
panels. Height 48 inches; total length 5 feet 4 inches
From M. Harris Sons, London
[S^e illustration] ^
363. Carved Oak Coffret with Trench Gothic Panels
Small chest with linenfold side panels, the front containing three panels richly
carved with blind fenestrations and an armorial escutcheon ; walnut lid.
Height 16 inches; length inches
/W- 364. Two Turned Fruitwood and Beech
XVHI-XIX Century
Splay-leg stool having oak seat with heart piercing ; and folding stool with seat
in green and crimson striped velours. [Lot.]
365. Carved Walnut Centre Table Italian, XVI Century
Oblong top edged with fluted dentils, removable from a frame with chamfered
quadrangular supports, joined by an enclosed stretcher.
^ /y Height inches; length 57 inches
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/y 0 — 366. Walnut Oval Drop-Leaf Table Italian, XVI Century
Oval top with two drop-leaves, over two small drawers, and scrolled slab ends
joined by a conformingly shaped traverse. Height '^O^ches; length 51 inches
367. Gothic Carved Oak Chaire Franco-Flemish, XV Century
Tall back with purfled and crocketed crest, buttress pilasters flanking a panel
carved with flamboyant tracery and a row of arcaded fenestrations, the sides and
box seat paneled with linenfold ornament.
Height 6 feet ± inches; width 30 inches
368. Walnut Refectory Table Florentine, XVI Century
Oblong top, over a frieze ornamented with corbeled brackets ; on columnar sup¬
ports with enclosed stretcher. Height 33% inches; lerigth 7 feet 7 inches
Collection of Stefano Bardini, Florence
369. Gothic Wrought Iron Tripod Torcherr XV Century
Knopped shaft with floriform dish finial, on crocketed tripod base.
Height 4 feet 8% inches
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[number 372]
SECOND SESSION
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 8tH
{'.ROUND FLOOR - EAST (JAI-LERV (oFFICE) AND CORRIDOR - ('jOtnUldcd
370. Wrought Iron Tripod Torchere Italian, Early XV Century
Hexagonal spear-shaped ‘halberd’ shaft with three receptacles, on bowed tripod
base applied with infloriated scrolling stems. ^ Height 6 feet
5 ^ 371. Carved and Turned Walnut Centre Table Italian, XVI Century
Oblong top with cable-fluted frieze, and baluster-turned legs joined by a box
stretcher. Height 31 inches; le?igth 47^ inches
7 —372. Large Gilded Bronze and Ebonized Crucifix
Italian, Early XVH Century
Finely modeled figure of the Savior, nude except for a loincloth, in an attitude
of profound sorrow ; mounted upon an ebonized cross with baroque gilded
bronze terminal ornaments, and a cartelUno with the inscribed sacred mono¬
gram above. Height 7 feet 4 inches; width 50 inches
Collection of Stanley Mortimer, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1943
[See illustration]
BASEMENT?
/C -373- Turned Oak and Fruitwood Tabourets
J ' French, XVH-XVHI Century
Molded square top with heart-shaped aperture, on baluster-turned splayed legs.
y, _ _ - . . ' 'X ^
Y Pair Wrought Bronze Chenets ■ French, XVH Century
Urn shaft with three satyr masks and ball finial, on tiered tripod supports em¬
bellished with molded griffins, sphinxes and other grotesques ; on trilateral base
with festooned satyr-mask feet. Ball finials added. Height 16]^ inches
/A — i sr
375- Pair Wrought Iron Grillwork Gates ^ Spanish, XVH Century
Double arched gate having skeletal frames filled with grillwork.
Height 59]^ inches; overall width 37 inches
X/^ 376. Gothic Brass Six-Light Chandelier ^
With shaft in the form of a spire tower, and six traceried candle arms support¬
ing sockets with conforming valances. Fitted for electricity. Diameter inches
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THIRD SESSION
Thursday, June 9, 194Q, at 10:30 a. m.
CATALOGUE NUMBERS 377 TO 5 12 INCLUSIVE
ROMANESQUE, GOTHIC AND RENAISSANCE
WOOD SCULPTURES
SECOND FLOOR— REAR WEST GALLERY
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377. Gothic Carvtd and Polychromed Wood Crucifix
Southern French, XF Century
The loincloth shows a polychrome pattern chosen by the artist in order to re¬
lieve the realistic treatment of the bleeding wounds; the crown of thorns of
wrought iron nails. The cross is ornamented with wrought iron fleurdeUse
bands. Height 58 inches; width 37 inches
-^78. Gothic Carved, Gilded and Polychromed Group of the
Virgin and Child Spanish, XV Century
Standing figure of the Madonna with ‘jeweled’ crown and wearing a blue-lined
magenta mantle, and hood, and holding the robed child in her left arm, His
right hand extended to caress her face, a small chdsse upon His lap.
Height 53 inches
From the Cathedral of Pamplona
-Collection of Emile Pares, New York, 1919
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
379. Gothic Carved and Polychromed Group of the
Virgin and Child Italian, Early XV Century
Enthroned figure of the Madonna in crimson robes and blue hooded mantle
gently flowing across her knees, and holding the nude Christ Child upon her
lap. Height 48^ inches
SECOND FLOOR— MID^E WEST GALLERY
' 380. Gothic Carved, Gilded and Polychromed Statuette of S. James
Spanish, XV Century
Full standing figure of the saint with head inclined slightly to the right, wear¬
ing a knee-length robe ; the left hand grasping a purse, and the right poised upon
the hip. / Height 46 inches
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381. Romanesque Carved, Gilded and Polychromed Group of the
‘Virgin and Child French, Early XIH Century
Enthroned and crowned figure of the Virgin, robed in a ‘jeweled’ golden cloak,
with the robed Child on her left knee, holding an orb. Height 40j^ inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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[number 383]
1 Early Gothic Carved Walnut Bust of the Virgin
French, XIII Century
Half-length life-size bust with wavy hair ; retaining traces of polychromy.
Height 25 inches
Collection of Alphonse Kann, New York, 1927
Collection of John Simon, New York
[See illustration] ,, ,,
383. Gothic Carved Oak Statuet'^of a Knight
Northern French, Late XF Century
Standing figure in full armor, hat and long flowing cloak, holding a mace in
his right hand, and grasping the hilt of his sword which hangs from his belt.
Height 31 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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384. Gothic Carved Boxwood Group of the Virgin and Child
Flemish, Late XV Century
Standing figure of the crowned Virgin in voluminous robes, holding the draped
figure of the Child in her left arm. Height 7^4 inches
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385. Gothic Carved and Polychromed Statuette of a Saint
XV Century
Standing figure of a female saint in crimson tunic and dark turquoise blue mantle
draped over her right shoulder, and clasping her hands before her.
Height 30 inches
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386. Early Gothic Carved and Polychromed Group of the
Madonna and Child Spanish, Late XHI Century
Enthroned figure of the Virgin wearing a crown and loosely flowing hooded
cloak, holding the armless robed Child upon her left knee. Height 53 inches
From Stora, New York
387. Carved Oak Corbel Depicting David and Goliath
' French, X V Century
Depicting the recumbent figure of the vanquished Goliath with David standing
victoriously above him; finely carved in haut-relief. Height 14% inches
//d„
388. Early Gothic Carved Pearwood Group of S. Anne with the
Virgin and Child French, XHI Century
Seated figure of S. Anne in hooded robes, holding a blossom in her right hand,
and on her left knee the crowned figure of the Virgin with the Child holding
an orb. Height 39^ inches
Collection of Dr Preston Pope Satterwhite, New York
389. Carved and Polychromed Group of the Madonna and Child
Flemish, XVH Century
Enthroned figure of the Virgin in deep blue hooded mantle, adoring the nude
Child Who lies in her lap. Height 24 inches
Collection of David Belasco, New York, 1924
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390. Early Gothic Carved, Polychromed and Parcel-Gilded Group of
The Virgin and Child Spanish, XIII Century
Enthroned figure of the crowned Virgin in loosely flowing hooded mantle, hold¬
ing the lobed Christ Child upon her left knee; He raises His right hand in bene¬
diction, while His left rests upon a missal. Shows traces of old pigmentation.
Height 50 inches
Collection of the Marques de Valderrey, Barcelona
From Stora, New York
Exposicion
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Internacional de Barcelona, 1929, no. 829
THIRD SESSION
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391. Finely Carved Boxwood Crucifixion Figure of Christ
French, XVII Century
Depicting the dying Christ, with head bowed in grief, and clothed with a
loincloth; armless. Height 15^ inches
Collection of Dr Simon Meller, IVIunich
.^392. Carved Boxwood Crucifixion Figure of Christ
French, XVIII Century
Depicting the dying Christ with outstretched arms, wearing a crown of thorns,
and clothed in a flowing loincloth. Height 12^ inches
Collection of Samuel Untermyer, New York
■393. Gothic Carved and Polychromed Statuette of S. Catherine
Flemish, circa 1400
Standing slender figure of the saint, her headdress heightened in gold, the black
loose flowing robes banded in crimson and gold ; holding a missal in her left
hand. Height 25 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
394. Gothic Carved Lindenwood Statuette of S. Florian
' South Ger?nan, X V Century
Standing figure with finely modeled serene features, wearing full armor and
long helm and cloak, which falls back to reveal the bucket of flames held in his
left hand, while his right holds a mace. Height 384 inches
From French ^ Co., Inc., New York
Collection of Mrs. F. Gray Griswold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1941
395. Gothic Carved and Polychromed Head of a Saint XV Century
Female head with serene countenance and long flowing hair. Has stand.
Height lO^ inches
From Salvadori, Florence
395A. Collection of Gothic and Renaissance Carved Oak and
Walnut Panels XV -XV I Century
Variously carved with Gothic fenestrations, linen fold and Moresque arabesques;
one with pairs of Renaissance scrollings and bird motives. Sixteen pieces in all.
[Lot.] Lengths 12 inches to 8 feet 7 inches
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395B. Collection of Gothic and Renaissance Carved Architectural
Wood Fragments XV-XVI Century
Including pearwood terms, a Bacchic mask, satyr bracket, female corbel figures,
turned spindles and others. Eleven pieces in all. [Lot.]
396. Two Coptic Carved Wood Blocks with Animalistic Ornaments
VI-VII Century
Rectangular blocks carved in flat relief, one with the walking figure of a lion
amid scrolling foliations; the other with two interlaced circles, each containing
the figure of a hare. Length io]4 inches
ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL STONE SCULPTURES
AND TERRA COTTAS
: SECOND FLOOT— REAR WEST GALLERY^,
397. Gothic Sculptured Stone Head of the Savior^/
French, Early XV Century
Bearded head with long wavy hair encircled by a crown of thorns; on square
marble socle. From Ervy (Aube). Height inches
398. Byzanto-Roman Sculptured Marble Porti^^ait Head
Il-lII Century
Life-size head of a bearded man with short wavy hair. Height 12 inches
Exhibition of Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Walters Art Gallery, Balti¬
more, Md., 1947, no. 7
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399. Gothic Sculptured and Polychromed Limestone Figure of the
Virgin of the Annunciation French, circa 1500
Wearing tight-waisted robe and long cloak edged with scroll pattern, and with
long tresses; kneeling on a cushion before a pedestal carved with linenfold, her
hand fingering an open missal. Height 44 inches
[See illustration]
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o c> Terra Cotta Halt-Relief of the Virgin and Child
TT ir 1 , ^ . . Florentine, XV Century
■^i j the youthful Virgin, wearing a scarlet robe with golden
cloak with green head veil; her veil is grasped by the nude
Child, Who stands in the curve of her right arm. Height 34^^ inches
[See illustration]
401. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Figural Capital XIII Century
e four flaring sides carved with a continuous frieze of warring figures and
captives, depicted in high relief.
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402. Gothic Sculptured Caen Stone Head of a King
Northern French, Late XIII Century
Virile head with mustache, beard and curled hair, wearing a fragmentary
crown; on square marble socle. Height 13 inches
From the Abbaye de Troarn (Calvados)
Collection of Mme. Beuzelin, Troarn
Collection of Maurice Le Breton, Troarn
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[See illustration]
403, Gothic Sculptlired Limestone Head of a Saint
French, XIII-XIV Century
Bearded head with serene features and fragmented nose, the hair curling in
wavy locks. Has square marble plinth. Height 12^ inches
Collection Didier
Exhibited at the Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, Pa., 1931
[See illustration]
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404. POLYCHROMED 'PeRRA CoTTA GrOUI^'of'^E ViRGIN AND ChILD ^
French, XVII Century
Standing robed and hooded figure, her draperies in sky blue, vermilion, white
and gold ; holding the Child, clad in white, seated on her left arm. Cast in two
sections. Height 50^ inches
SECOND FLOOR— MIDDLE WEST- GALLERY . -
405. Early Christian Sculptured AIarrle Fragment of a Bas-Relief
Late IV Century
Depicting a procession of vintners with staves, carrying a barrel and preceded
by a cart. Found at San Gemini. Length 33 inches
Exhibition of Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Walters Art Gallery, Balti¬
more, Md., 1947, no. 56
406. Romanesque Sculptured Marble Clef de Voute
Frejich, XII Century
Medallion carved in high relief with figure of a lion sinking his teeth into the
back of a horse. Diameter 153^ inches
407. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Capital French, XII Century
Sculptured in bold relief with scrolling foliated strapwork enclosing human
and lion heads; partly blackened, producing a bi-colored effect.
^ Height 14. inches
’408. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Bas-Relief of^he Adoration
French, XIV Century
Depicting the seated figure of the Virgin displaying the robed Child to two
angels kneeling in an attitude of prayer ; within a cusped arch.
Height 21 inches; length 26 inches
Collection Hamberg, Paris, 1908
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
409. Stucco Bas-Relief of the Madonna and Child
Benedetto da Maiano, Florentine : 1442-1498
Half-length figure of the Virgin turned to the left, wearing voluminous robes
and holding the nude Child in her arms; below, the admiring figure of the
infant S. John; the whole surmounting a predella with winged cherub head.
Height 27^2 inches; width 19 inches
Collection of Dr J. F. Stillwell, New York, 1927
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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SECOND FLOOR— REAR EAST GALLERY
[number 410]
410. Sculptured AIarble Portrait Bust of a Nobleman
Germain Pilouj French: 1535- 1590
A man of imperious countenance with short curly hair, mustache and small
beard, wearing a pleated stiff ruff and armored corselet, with a heraldic device
consisting of a winged grotesque human mask on the front. Ileight 25 inches
Collection of Mrs F. Gray Griswold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1941
[See illustration]
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41 1. Terra Cotta Portrait Statuette of a Lady
French, XVIII Century
Standing figure wearing full robes and long curling hair, and holding a spray
of roses in her right hand. Height 24^4 inches
Collection of David Belasco, New Yo^ 1924 /
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-412. Terra Cotta Statuette of S. Anne Italian, XV Century (f)
Standing figure wearing fringed robe and hooded cape, handless; glancing to
the left. Height 24^ inches
413. PoLYCHROMED TeRRA CoTTA BaS-ReLIEF OF'THE ViRGIN AND ChILD
-With the Infant S. John Italian, Early XVI Century
Three-quarter seated figure in scarlet robe and blue hooded cloak, holding the
nude Infant, her right hand grasping His, a missal in her lap; at lower left, the
half-length figure of the infant S. John, gazing upward in adoration ; two winged
cherub heads in the upper corners. In polychromed and gilded wood tabernacle
frame. 21x17 inches
414. Parcel-Gilded and Polychromed Stucco Bas-Relief of the
' Virgin and Child Italian, XV Century
Seated figure of the Virgin in scarlet robe and olive green hooded cloak, holding
the draped Child on her lap, supported by her right hand ; plain parcel-gilded
background. In original gilded wood tabernacle frame with freestanding colon¬
nettes. ^ i^jYz X I2y2 inches
415. Pair Sculptured Marble Figures of Kneeling Cherubs
Italian, Late XVI Century
Winged figures kneeling to left and right, each with arms crossed on the
breast. Heights 25 and 26 inches
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' ^ —416. Sculptured Limestone Head of a Man XVI Century
Well-modeled head with wavy hair and smiling countenance.
Height i^inches
j Q 417. Roman Carved Limestone Portrait Head of a Man I Century B.C.
Expressively carved life-size head of a man of the Republican period, with
a determined countenance; on square marble plinth. Height 12 inches
Exhibited at the American Numismatic Society, New York, 1938
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/ — 418. Greek Sculptured Marble Head of Athene Wearing a
^ "^Corinthian Helmet V Century B.C.
Noble head of the goddess with long hair flowing from under a high crowned
helmet. Height i5/^ inches
Collection of H. Kevorkian, New York, 1928
'*^^—419. Graeco-Roman Sculptured Marble Haut-Relief /
From a Stele / Century B.C.
Fragment depicting the standing figure of a woman with flowing draperies and
hooded cloak, looking to the left. Has wood stand. Height 24^/2 inches
7^—420. Roman Sculptured Marble Portrait Rust of a Man III Century
Bearded figure with short hair, wearing a toga with drapery over the left
shoulder; life size. Height 19 inches
-<^^o?4:2I. Roman Sculptured Marble Head of a Man II Century
Sensitively sculptured head of an elderly man with tense expression.
Height lO^^ inches
422. Greek Sculptured Marble Head of Aphrodite IV Century B.C.
Finely modeled large head, her wavy hair combed upwards and parted at centre.
Height 16 inches
From Emile Pares, New York
/ ^--423. Veneto-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Clef de Voute
XIH Century
Carved in bold relief with figure of a lion passant on the circular medallion.
Has wood stand. Diameter 12 inches
From L. Bernheimer, Munich
424. Sculptured Marble Group of the Virgin and Child
North Italian, Early XV Century
Standing robed and hooded figure holding the nude Child seated on her left
arm; the faces sculptured in the antique manner. Height 5 feet
From Carrer, Venice
y ^^'^425. Gothic Sculptured Stone Statuette of a Bishop
French, XV Century
Seated figure wearing mitre and flowing robes, the left hand holding a staff, the
right hand giving the benediction. Height 42 inches
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426. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Group of^he Virgin and Child
Northern French, XIV Century
Seated Virgin with smiling expression, wearing a gown trimmed with embroidery
and jewels, and holding the fragmentary figure of the Child on her left knee.
Traces of red pigment. Height 47 inches
427. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Heroic Statue of a Bishop
French, XI Century
Standing figure of a saintly bishop wearing mitre, chasuble and pallium, holding
in his left hand a fragmentary staff. Height 6 feet 5 inches
Note: This very important statue, which exemplifies the simplicity and
serenity of Northern French Gothic art of the great period of the cathedral
builders, comes from the Abbaye de Saint Wandrille (Seine-Inferieure) .
Collection of Julien Chappee, Le Mans
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428. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Group of the Virgin and Child
French, XIV Century
Heroic standing figure of the Virgin wearing a crown and voluminous cloak,
and supporting on her left arm a fragmentary figure of the Child, holding a
book. Height 6 feet 9 inches
From Stora, Paris
_ 429. 1'wo Early (jOthic Sculptured Limestone Capitals
French, XHI Century
One with the seated figure of the Virgin in long mantle, holding the robed
Child on her left knee; the other faced with the figures of pairs of saints.
Heights 12 and 9 inches
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430. Gothic Sculptured Caen Stone Column XV-XVI Century
Hexagonal, the sides deeply paneled and crowned with rustic Gothic tracery;
on stellate base. One panel with Latin inscription with crypto-date in Roman
majuscules. Height 49 inches
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431" Sculptured Marble Putto Group Fra Giovanni Antonio Alontorsoli,
TV I j Italian: 1507-1563
iNalced figure of a putto with his head thrown back, holding a dolphin between
his legs; supporting himself on his right hand, which grasps the head of a bird.
Un Pyzantine spirally twisted sculptured stone pedestal.
Height of group 18 inches; of pedestal'^'] inches
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C 432. Sculptured Alabaster Statuette of the Mater Dolorosa
^ Spanish, XVI Ceiitury
Sorrowing half-length figure, her hooded head turned to the right and sharply
bowed ; in mottled buff and white stone. Height 12^ inches
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433. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Head French, XII Century
^ Depicting an aged man with long wavy hair, curling beard and sideburns.
Height 12 inches
From the Abbaye Royale de S. Martin, Savigny (Rhone)
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434. Early Gothic Sculptured Limestone Head of a Monarch
^ Southern French, XHI Century
Smiling bearded head with long wavy hair surmounted by a crown carved with
fleurs de lis, hearts, and chain motives. Has stand. Height 12^ inches
435. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Column with Capital
^ French, in part XIV Century
Octagonal capital sculptured with two escutcheons, one flanked by a pair of
winged animals upon acanthus foliage ; on quatrefoil cluster-column and shaped
base. The column and base are of later date. Height 57 inches
^ 436. Gothic Polychromed Terra Cotta Statuette of the Virgin
^ Italian, XV Century
Standing figure, the bo, wed head and shoulders covered by a deep blue hooded
mantle, over a vermilion robe; posed in attitude of grief. Repainted.
Height 19^ inches
^—437. Polychromed Terra Cotta Statuette of the Virgin of the
Annunciation Spanish, XVH-XVHI Century
Kneeling figure in crimson robe and gold-edged greenish blue cloak, her hands
joined in prayer. ^ Height inches
. 438. Sculptured Alabaster Group of the Virgin and Child
^ " North Italian, Early XV Century
Standing figure of the Virgin, with veil and long mantel, with the Child seated
on her left arm, and gazing intently into her face. Height 15 inches
Collection Knapp, Berlin
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Fragmentary figures of two voluminously robed saints, one kneeling before a
turreted niche. Height 15^^ inches
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"440. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Cluster-Column
French, XIV Century
Cluster of three cylindrical colonnettes with a double tier of foliated capitals.
Height 5 feet i inch
441. POLYCHROMED StUCCO BaS-ReLIEF OF THE VlRGIN^AND ChILD
A ttributed to Benedetto da Maiano, Florentine : 1442-1498
Three-quarter-length figure of the Virgin in belted crimson robe, blue cloak
and white head veil, supporting the standing nude Child in the curve of her left
arm. In original polychromed and parcel-gilded wood tabernacle frame.
Total height 53 inches
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442. Sculptured Marble Stoup Italian, XIV Century
Deep round bowl carved with four pendented bosses, one grooved as a spout;
the front centring a shield. Length 13 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York ^
443. Polychromed Stucco Bas-Relief of the Virgin and Child
Italian, XV Century
Three-quarter seated figure of the Virgin in scarlet robe and olive green hooded
cloak, holding the lightly draped Child on her left arm; gilded fruit swags
behind them, against an olive black background. In original polychromed and
gilded wood tabernacle frame. -^15^2 inches
444. Romanesque Sculptured Marble Bas-Relief XII-XIII Century
Carved in relief with a pair of affrontes birds perched on the necks of tw’O pea¬
cocks drinking from a benitier; within a round-arched niche bordered at left and
right with rosettes. Height 28 inches
P'rom Ferruzzi, Venice
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A 445. Early Christian Ribbon Alabaster Covered Urn Circa VI Century
Two-handled urn with domed cover surmounted by a pear-shaped finial.
Height 14^4 inches
Exhibition of Pagan and Christian Egypt, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
^ 446. Hellenistic Sculptured Marble Head of a Bacchante
HI Century B.C.
Well-modeled head of a young maiden wearing a grapevine crown. Has vert
antique marble stand. Height 6 inches
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Roman Cipolino Marble Columns
Cylindrical coluiiin, with modern white statuary marble base and capital.
Height 57^ inches
^^—448. Graeco-Roman Sculptured Marble Head of Venus * ‘
I Century B.C. (f)
Youthful head, Inclined slightly to right, the wavy hair bound with ribbons.
Idas stand. Height 13% inches
^ 449. Egyptian Polychromed and Inlaid Stucco Sarcophagus Mask
Ptolemaic Period
Distinguished female head, the eyes inlaid in bronze and enamel, the black-
tinted hair dressed in a dual band of ringlets, and crested with a coiled topknot.
Mounted on a burlwood panel. Height 10^2 inches
_ 450. Egyptian Black Basalt Headless Figure of a Man XXVI Dynasty
Seated figure of a man with folded arms resting on the knees which are drawn
up ; hieroglyphic inscriptions before and behind, d'his statuette was an offering
to the god Sebek. Height 14^^ inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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451. Graeco- Roman Sculptured Marble Head of Zeus, after Phidias
H-I Century B.C.
Heroic head with full curly beard and long hair tied with a ribbon ; veined
^ black marble socle. Total height 18^^ hiches
Gothic Sculptured Limestone Group of S. George and
, The Dragon French, XV Century
Equestrian figure of the saint in full armor with short full cloak, astride a horse ;
the winged dragon underfoot. Height 24^ inches
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453. Late Gothic Sculptured and Polychromed Statuette of a Saint
. . Champagne, Early XVI Century
Standing figure of a youthful female saint in long voluminous flowing robes
with large puffed sleeves, a hood drawn back to reveal her golden tresses.
Height 31 inches
From Jules Solomon, Paris
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.454. Polychromed Terra Cotta Statue of S. Joseph
From a Nativity Matteo Civ itali, Italian: 1435-1501
Three-quarter life-size seated figure, wearing a buttoned blue coat wdth a rose
cloak draped over his lap, his bearded head resting upon his right hand. The
statue is in two disparate parts. Height 38 inches
Note: A work remarkable for its realism, and closely resembling the figure
of the prophet Habakkuk in the group of six statues of the Cathedral of Genoa.
The influence of Donatello is apparent in the ascetic physical characteristics of
the model.
Sculptured about 1490
Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1915-29
Collection of Thomas Fortune Ryan, New York
455. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Group of the Virgin and Child
French, Early XIV Century
Hooded standing figure with the headless Child, His hand clasping a bird, held
in her left arm; showing traces of polychromy. Height 30 inches
456. Pair Gothic Sculptured Stone Gargoyles of Important Size
French, XV Century
In the form of a winged monster squatting on its haunches, the front claws upon
other grotesques; perched on a long square block of stone.
Length 7 feet 2 inches
From the Chateau de Tieux, near Miradoux
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
457. Sculptured Marble Armorial Panel Rhenish, XVI Century
Canted blank escutcheon surmounted by a coronet and helm with crest in the
form of a bird perched on a rustic stump, the whole enclosed by symmetrically
curling foliage; border of undulating voluted strapwork sustaining pendent
foliations and figures of grotesques. Height 6 jeet 7 inches; ividth 33/4 inches
From Heilbronner, Paris
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New' York
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Companion to the preceding.
From Heilbronner, Paris
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York;
Rhenish, XVI Ceritury
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459. Roman Sculptured Marble Head of a Maiden Circa II Century
Delicately modeled head of a patrician maiden, the face with oval contours, the
wavy hair coiled at rear; has limestone plinth. Height 10 inches
460. Greek Sculptured Marble Statuette of a Lamb
III Century B.C.
Compact recumbent lamb, the detail somewhat obscured by weathering.
Length 10 inches
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Powerfully modeled head of a young man with prominent cheek bones, and
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close-cropped wavy hair.
.462. Roman Sculptured Marble Head of a Boy
Handsome face with short retrousse nose and wavy hair.
Height 12]/^ inches
I-H Century
Height 7^4 inches
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463. Greek Sculptured Marble Head Of a Goddess IV Century B.C.
Majestic head, sculptured with soft contours, the hair drawn into a knot at
rear, and surmounted by a crown embellished with outset niches.
Height I3]4 inches
Collection of H. Kevorkian, New York, 1921
464. Alexandrian Sculptured Marble Statuette of Venus
1 1 I-H Century B.C.
Beautifully proportioned headless figure of a nude female leaning against a
draped pedestal, with one hand to her breast and the other to her upraised left
leg; marble columnar base. Height 12^ inches
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465. Three Cretan Stone Bowls
Large bowl in gray porphyritic marble ; melon-form stone bowl or mortar ; and
a small mortar in steatite. [Lot.] Diameters 4]4 to gy'2 inches
465A. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Architectural Fragment
Roiien, XIV Century
Fragmentary fluted column, intricately carved and undercut with figures of
saints in crocheted niches. In two sections. Height 23 inches
466. Early Christian Alabaster Bowl
Shallow bowl with sharply incurvate shoulder and heavily molded wide rim.
Diameter 13^/2 inches
Exhibition of Pagan and Christian Egypt, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
1941
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Head of a woman with long wavy hair, carved with an expression of intent
alertness. Has stand. FI eight y inches
From the Buchholz Gallery, New York
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468. Gothic Sculptured Red Sandstont: Clef de Voute
French, XIV Century
Stellate cartouche, carved in high relief to depict a scene of the Annunciation,
with the Virgin and the angel flanking a lectern, beneath the Holy Ghost and a
banderole. Height 14 inches
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Of a Saint French, Early XV Century
Bowed head inclined slightly to the left, of a young man with short wavy hair,
his shoulders covered by a cloak. Vestiges of red pigment. Height 9^4 inches
470. Sculptured and Polychromed Alabaster Portrait Head
Spanish, XVI Century
Delicately chiseled head of a beardless man with a wealth of wavy hair framing
his face; on green marble socle. Height 6 inches
Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York
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471. Egyptian Sculptured Limestone Life-Size Figure of the
Scribe Sevekhotep XIX Dynasty
Seated figure with knees drawn up, the arms merged into the body, the head
crowned with a wig, the eyes downcast ; hieroglyphic inscriptions on front of
base and rear pillar, containing the name of the sitter: The royal scribe and
conunander-in-chief Sevekhotep. Height 36^ inches
Note: This important portrait sculpture, which comes from Abydos, dates
from the beginning of the nineteenth dynasty and appears in the Catalogue of
Egyptian Antiquities in the Museum of Hartnell House, 1856, as number 574;
this collection was assembled by Dr John Lee, who probably purchased this
piece at the Salt sale in 1833.
Collection of Dr John Lee, Hartwell House, Bucks.
Collection of Lord Amherst, London, 1921, no. 246
Collection of Theodore Pitcairn, Esq.
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472. Hellenistic Sculptured Pentelic Marble Her^ Head
Of a Woman jjj Century B.C.
. ^ ^ young girl, peihaps Aphrodite, the closely bound wavy hair terminat¬
ing in a chignon; on round Cipolino marble plinth. Height i8>^ inches
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Egyptian Sculptl red JvImkstone Has-Reijef
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Representing a slave leading a gnat, and carrjdng a basket of food and brace of
ducks; incised with hieroglyphs. Mounted in ebonized panel.
Height 12 inches; width iiy^ inches
J 474. Egyptian Sculptured Limestone Bas-Relief V Dynasty
■'Tforizontal panel depicting a herdsman leading a calf, and faced by a large figure
of Anubis standing before the foot of a fragmentary personage. Framed.
Height 16 inches; length 39 inches
Note: This frequently documented carving ranks among the few known
examples in which Anubis is depicted with a curling tail.
Described and illustrated in Recueil de Travaux ( nouvelle serie) , 1914, vol. 4,
pp. 86-7
""475. Roman Skyros Marble Column with Sculptured Parian
AIarble Capital
Round column in beautifully striated green and buff colored marble; white
marble quasi-Corinthian capital. Height 6 feet 9 inches
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Finely proportioned torso of an athletic youth, after a Greek original. On vert
1 antique marble base. Height 28 inches
478. Roman Sculptured Marble Statue I-H Century
Pensive standing figure of a'woman enveloped in a hood and voluminous robes,
her chin resting upon her clenched right hand ; oblong plinth.
Total height 6 feet 5 inches
Collection of Principe Prospero Colonna, Duca de Paliano, Rome
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479. Hellenistic Sculptured Marble Torso 111 Century B.C.
Fragmentary nude female figure, of heroic size. Has Siena marble plinth.
Height 49 uiclies
^>5^480. Romanesque-Gothic Sculptured Limestone Column
French, Early XHl Century
Stout cylindrical column, the capital carved with curling plantain leaves enclos¬
ing smaller vine-leaf motives. From Amiens. Height 5 feet
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481. Roman Sculptured Stone Sarcophagus II Century
Large rounded oblong trough, deeply carved in high relief with a central nude
figure of an amor supporting two huge swags of fruit, above each of which
appear the aff routes heads of a satyr and Bacchus ; at lower left and right,
reclining figures of minor gods holding up torches. Fitted with metal liner.
Height 27 inches : length 6 feet 10 inches
Collection of Mrs William Salomon, New York, 1928
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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482. Byzantine Sculptured Ma^^ble^olumn
Capital in the form of acanthus clusters in two heights; on spirally reeded
column. Height 5 feet 2 inches
o O —4^3- Greek Sculptured Marble Stele Depicting a Youth
IV Century B.C.
Nude standing figure of a youth holding a bird in his right hand, above the
figure of a leaping cat ; beneath a gabled pediment.
Height 51 inches; width 20 inches
Collection of Pepys Cockerell, Esq., London
484. Roman Sculptured Stone Sarcophagus I-H Century
Oblong trough sculptured in bold relief with nude figures of amors supporting
huge swags of fruit, above which are smaller groups with pairs of mythological
lovers attended by amorini. Height 20 inches; length 6 feet 10 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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485. Two Roman Sculptured Statuary and Cipolino
Marhle Pilasters
Flat pilaster column of beautifully veined marble, surmounted by a quadrangu¬
lar capital carved with a double tier of acanthus and central pair of voluted leaf
scrolls. Heights 6 feet 8 inches and 6 feet 9 inches
Collection of Mrs William Salomon, New York, 1928
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486. Pair S. Anne Marble Columns in the Roman Taste
XVI Century
Plain cylindrical column with slight entasis. Height 6 feet 4 inches
487. Roman Sculptured Marble Portrait Head H Century
Life-size head of a stern and clean-shaven man with short wavy hair ending in
ringlets above his forehead ; on round socle. Total height 15 inches
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l-Il Century
Head of a young woman with prominent cheekbones and aquiline nose, her hair
dressed in wavy ridges, a chiton falling across her shoulders ; round socle.
Total height 16^ inches
489. Roman Sculptured Heroic Marble Head of Minerva
Circa 1 Century B.C.
Severely modeled head with short curling hair, under a round basin-shaped
helmet; on round gray marble socle. Height 14 inches
From Sangiorgi, Rome
Collection of Samuel Untermyer, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1940
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490. Sculptured Marble Statue of a Crouching Venus
^ After the Antique Italian, XVl-XVII Century
Nude figure crouching on the right knee, the handless arms across the body, the
head turned in profile towards the right shoulder ; her body rests upon a shell at
the rear; oval base. Height 37 inches
Collection Lancellotti, Rome
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491. Sculptured Marble Statue of II Spinario Italian, XVI Century
Nude figure of a young boy with wavy locks, seated on a rock, removing a
thorn from his left foot, which is crossed over his right knee.
Height 28^ inches
Note: A beautiful Renaissance version of the famous antique subject in the
Naples Museum.
Collection of Countess Arrivabene Papadopoulo, Venice
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492. Roman Sculptured Parian Marble Statue of Aphrodite
Circa I Century
Nude figure after a Greek original, with wavy hair drawn into a double chignon
and bound by a fillet, her right hand at her breast, and right knee advanced ; on
oval base with draped urns. Total height 6 feet inches
From the Hamilton Palace Collection
From Spink & Son, Ltd., London
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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Q ^ _ 493. Roman Mosaic Pavement, Depicting Figures of Actors
11-111 Century
Square pavement, with multiple borders of strapwork and foliations in colors
centring figures of a man and woman, the latter declaiming, captioned in Greek
Parthenope and Metiochos. From the Antioch excavations.
7 feet 10 inches x 7 feet 8 inches
Collection of the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass.
Loan Exhibition of The Dark Ages, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester,
Mass., 1937, no. 2
Described in Antioch-on-the-Orontes, The Excavations, 1933-36 (Princeton
University Press), 1938, p. 203 and no. 99
See George M. A. Hanfmann, Notes on the Mosaics of Antioch in the Amer¬
ican Journal of Archaeology, 1939, pp. 242-246
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494. Greek Sculptured Marble Head of an Ephebos, on
Marble Column IV Century B.C.
Small head with curled wavy hair tied with a narrow double fillet ; on pink
Verona marble socle. The round column, of Skyros marble, slightly tapering to
the molded crown, and with faint entasis; beautifully striated markings in pur¬
ple, green and buff. Height of head inches ; of column 6 feet
495. Greek Sculptured Marble Cenotaph H'-III Century B.C.
Triangular column, each side with paneled face enclosing bas-relief standing
figures. Height inches
Collection of Alphonse Kami, Paris
496. Two Roman Sculptured Marble Urns, on Rouge Royale
Marble Pedestals
Globose and bow-shaped vases, the sides carved with wavy flutings ; with loop
handles, and one with domed cover. On rouge royale marble columns of French
Renaissance work, with pronounced entasis.
Height of urns 17 inches; of pedestals 5 feet 6 inches
497. Roman Sculptured Marble Sarcophagus // Century
Oblong trough sculptured in bold relief with three nude figures of amors, sup¬
porting two huge swags of fruit above which are aff routes masks in profile.
Height 18^ inches; length 6 feet 10 inches
O ^98. Roman Sculptl red Marble Term H-IH Century
Quadrangular post surmounted by a bearded head, pierced through the open
mouth for rail or fountain, above a band of legendary sea creatures, carved in
low relief; oblong plinth. From Naples. Total height 53 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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Flemish, XI I Century
Massive round basin bossed at the corners with four masks ; on stout low drum¬
shaped column and square base with quadrilobate ornaments at the angles.
From Tournai. Height 4 1 inches; diameter 34 inches
Collection of Captain Fambert, Oudenaarde, 1926
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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500. Pair Sculptured Black Belgian Marble Columns on Inlaid
Griotte Marble Plinths French, Late XVI Century
Tall fluted and ringed column with Corinthian capital, the lower third sculp¬
tured with Renaissance grotesques and foliated scrollings; on high square
griotte marble plinth, inlaid with panels of green scagliola.
Height of column 5 feet 7 inches; of plinths 34 inches
From Demotte, Inc., New York
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501. Graeco- Roman Sculptured Marble Heroic Head
Female head with parted wavy hair tied in a double knot on the top ; on round
socle. Height 22 inches
From Piero Tozzi, New York
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502. Roman Archaistic Sculptured Marble Head of a Man
Circa II Century
Head with triple corkscrew curls bound with a fillet, and square beard, in the
archaic Greek style. Square marble plinth. Height 1 1 inches
503. Graeco-Roman Sculptured Marble Head of a Youth, on Column
H Century B.C.
Head of a handsome youth with short wavy hair bound with a fillet; on black
Belgian marble plinth, and rouge royale marble column. Height 9^^ inches
Collection of Lord Carmichael of Kirling, London, 1926
■504. Roman Sculptured Marble Funerary Monument I-H Century
In the form of an imbricated and fluted thyrsus, inverted and standing upon a
two-tiered triangular plinth; the panels of the upper portion sculptured with
three standing figures of nymphs, together with an inscription to the deceased,
and resting upon adosses couchant sphinxes, the panels of the lower portion
carved with a bay tree and utensils, and also engraved with a memorial
inscription. Height 9 feet; width 21 inches
Collection of Harry Payne Whitney, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1938
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Reclining Epicurean II Century
Figure of a bearded man, nude to the loins and wrapped in a loose drapery, his
right hand raised to his head, holding a wine bowl in his left ; reclining on his
left side, upon a rectangular couch. Height 21 inches; length 5 feet 10 inches
From Demotte, Inc, New York
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506, Roman Sculptured Marble Term 11-111 Century
Head of a man with wavy locks tied at the sides, and square-cut beard, sheathed
into a high square pedestal. Found on the Via Appia, near Rome.
Height 59 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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507. Byzantine African Marble Basin, on Red ,
Large round bowl with flaring rim, in richly vemed and mottled purplish gray
marble • on fluted red stone pedestal flaring into a round foot,
mai Die , on f Height 32 inches; diameter 30 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
^5:1508. Roman Sculptured Marble Head of a Woman, on Skyros
H^aTo^a^yming woman with wavy hair bound into a flat coil at the back of the
head; Levanto Lrble socle. The round column, slightly taper.ng to the molded
crown with faint entasis, beautifully striated with nrarkmgs in purple, green
Height of head 1 1^ inches; of column 6 feet
/ =;oQ Roman Sculptured Marble Urn ^ ^
- Squat globose footed vessel with two scroll handles and having a gui loche
median band centring panels of lappets and gadroons. Height ^^2
-) Sio Roman Sculptured Marble Portrait Head of a Man I Century
?^'Ctrait bust of a young man of the Augustan period, w.th
sion ; on molded socle. ^
511. Graeco-Roman Sculptured Marble Portrait Bust ^ ^
Sr "hTadorned with grapes and leafage and her tumc tied wiA a knot
upon her chest ; molded plinth base. ^ ^ Height i A
512 Roman Sculptured Marble Campana Urn P
'rJ Uleep round urn carved in low relief with two female mourners
volutes, and enclosed between a grapevine border and
fluted round socle. Has stand.
Collection of Mrs William Salomon, New York, 1928
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
[See illustration]
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CATALOGUE NUMBERS 5 I 3 TO 674 INCLUSIVE
ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL
STONE SCULPTURES AND TERRA COTTAS
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,^^513. Two Roman Sculptured Marble Capitals Circa I Century B.C.
Corinthian capital carved with deeply grooved curling acanthus.
Heights ii and 12 inches
Spirally twisted shaft embellished with a floral chain ; the capital with voluted
palmettes, one pair centring a mask. [Lot.] Total height 5 feet 3^2 inches
3^—515. Sculptured Marble Statue French, circa 1700
/ ^ Standing figure of a bearded Caesar with laurel chaplet, and a robe partly con¬
cealing his armored torso; the skirt carved with husk pendants, his left hand
clutching a baton. Height 5 feet 10 inches
Collection of Jean Antoine du Vidal de Montferrier, Chateau de Montpellier
[See illustration]
16. Egyptian Sculptured Granite Statuette of a Scribe ^
XIX Dynasty
Kneeling figure of a clean-shaven priest, his hands resting upon a pedestal in¬
cised with hieroglyphics and crested with a ram’s head ; the shoulders, and sides
of pedestal incised with the cartouche of Rameses II, the back and square plinth
also carved with hieroglyphics. In black and white granite. Height 27 inches
Collection of Lady Meux, Theobalds Park, London
Described and illustrated in E. A. W. Budge, Catalogue of The Lady Meux
Collection, 1898, no. 50
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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y 7- Pair Gothic Sculptured Limestone Columns with Capitals
French, XIII Century
Cylindrical shaft, the flaring capital carved and undercut with stylized leafage ;
molded square base. [Lot.] Height 5 feet 4 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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O O ''51S. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Statuette of the P'oolish Virgin
French, Early XV Century
Smiling female figure with head turned sharply to left, wearing a cloak over a
long robe bound at the w'aist, and holding an inverted vessel in her left hand.
Height 35^ inches
-519. Sculptured Marble Font Italian, XVI Century
Ogival bowl sculptured with acanthus leafage and scrolls, on vasiform shaft and
triangular base developing strapwork volutes and paw feet.
Height 41^2 inches; diameter 32_^ inches
[See illustration]
520. Roman Sculptured Marble Urn Circa I Century
Deep urn with molded socle ; carved in relief with alternating putto heads
and eagles, bordered by beaded and leaf-carved rims. Height 20^ inches
From Demotte, Paris
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521. Byzantine Sculptured Stone Spiral Column
Italian, X-XI Century
\Vith reversed spiral flutings, capital of curling plantain leaves, and foliated
base with socle. Height 57^ inches
From Sangiorgi, Rome
"^12. 'Ferra Cotta Oval Haut-Relief of S. Mary Magdalen
Florentine, Early XVII Century
Waist-length figure in devotional attitude, wearing a hooded mantle and volumi¬
nous robe. Height 26 inches
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523. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Tympanum
Spanish, XII Century
Lunette sculptured in high relief with scenes from the Life of Christ, including
the miracle of the Loaves and Fishes and the Tempting of Christ in the Desert.
Together with a lintel carved with four angels flanking a medallion of the
Paschal Lamb, from the same source. [Lot.]
Height of tympanum 31 inches; length 5 feet
Height of lintel 24^2 inches; length 6 feet 6^/2 inches
From the chapel of Errondo, nr. Unciti, Navarre
From James Montllor, Inc., New York
Illustrated in the Art Bulletin, Dec. 1944, vol. xxvi, no. 4, p. 253, fig. 6
Described and illustrated in Jose Gudiol, Los Relieves de la Portada de
Errondo y el JMaestro de Cabestany , in Principe de Viana, vol. V, no. xiv,
pp. 3-8 et seq.
[See illustration]
525. Terra Cotta Haut-Relief ^Italian, Late XV Century
Depicting S. Elizabeth and the kneeling youthful donor before the seated Virgin
holding the Child on her lap ; traces of brown, red and yellow polychromy.
Framed. Height 2iy2 inches; width iby inches
526. Greek Sculptured Marble Loutrophoros Urn IV Century B.C.
Oviform votive urn on round plinth ; carved in low relief with sepulchral figures
representing a woman seated upon a throne and another standing before her in
flowing garments, holding an offering. Below the shoulder and above the heads
is a band of inscriptions. On burlwood pedestal.
Height of urn 29 inches; of pedestal 37]/2 inches
Collection of Mrs Chauncey Blair, New York, 1932
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527. Sculptured Marble Haut-Relief after the Antique
North Italian, Late XV Century
Rectangular panel, carved with floral garlands above a tree hung with trophies
of Love and flanked by amors, Cerberus and Bacchus, and the chariot of Juno,
one of its swans being attacked by an owl. Framed. 12]^ a: 47 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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528. Graeco- Roman Sculptured Marble Heroic Figure of Bacchus
I Century B.C.
Athletic nude figure standing with his right knee slightly advanced, the long
wavy hair adorned with a grape and ivy chaplet, his extended left hand support¬
ing a cup; on oval plinth with tree stump. Total height 7 feet 3 inches
From Ercole Canessa, New York
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
[See illustration!
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O ^ 529. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Figure of a Donor
French {f), XV Century
Elrect figure, wearing a draped conical hat and pleated skirt; holding a minia¬
ture cathedral carved with a coat of arms. Height 6 feet 1 inch
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530. Glazed Terra Cotta Haut-Relief of Christ in Carved and
Gilded Tabernacle P'rame Atelier of the della Robbias,
Florentine : Late XVI Century
Half-length figure of the Savior, draped in a voluminous robe. His right hand
upraised; in gilded tabernacle frame carved with floriations and dolphin scrolls,
the base centring a blue and gold monogrammed medallion.
T otal height 40 inches
Collection of Edgar Speyer, New York
531. Terra Cotta Bas-Relief Tympanum North Italian, XV Century
Depicting the entombment of Christ, with sorrowing figures of Mary, Joseph
of Arimethaea, and S. John the Beloved. Height 25 inches; length 47^2 inches
532. Romanesque-Gothic Terra Cotta Rose Window
North Italian, XHI-XIV Century
Numerous blocks forming a circular opening centring a circlet of triangular
crockets within concentric bands of floral motives and a molded outer surround.
Diameter 6 feet 8 inches
_ _ _ Graeco-Roman Sculptured Marble Bas-Relief
y "^iDepicting a procession of eight maenads in long draped robes, one carrying an
urn, and two playing with instruments. Height 20 inches; length 30 inches
Collection Borelli Bey, Alexandria
Collection of Ercole Canessa, New York, 1924
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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534. Graeco-Roman Sculptured Marble Bas-Relief
Companion to the preceding, the figures somewhat varying.
Height 20 inches; length 30 inches
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Collection of Borelli Bey, Alexandria
Collection of Ercole Canessa, New York, 1924
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
535. Pair Gothic Sculptured Limestone HAtfr-RELiEFs of Angels
French, XIV Century
Figures of angels in flight, one holding Veronica’s veil, the other the scourging
post entwined with rope. Framed. Height 17^2 inches; width 12^4 inches
— 536. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Arcature French, XV Century
Molded and subtly pointed arch in three sections ; crested with a trefoil triangle,
and carved with boldly projecting acanthus crockets.
Height 36 inches; length 7 feet 8 inches
537. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Capital with
Marble Column French, XH Century
Acanthus-carved capital with incurvate square abacus; on cylindrical column
with molded collar; shows traces of gray paint. Total height 6 feet 7 inches
538. Two Romanesque Sculptured Limestone and Marble Capitals
French, XII Century
Limestone capital carved with curling plantain leaves; and one in marble with
tiers of acanthus foliage. [Lot.] Heights g and iiyfi inches
539. Bronze Bas-Relief Effigy Spanish, dated 1351
Representing a bishop with crozier, his hands clasped in attitude of prayer, his
head resting upon a pillow ; the molded border inscribed A Qvi laze el Reveren-
dissimo Sennor Don Bernabe Obispo Que Fve de Osma de Bvena Memoria
Fallescio el Anno de 1351. Height 6 feet 8jE^ inches; width 39^ inches
Don Bernabe, apparently of Portuguese origin, was Bishop of Osma
from 1331 to 1351, and occupied an important place in the history of Old
Castile as counselor to Alfonso XI, notably during the battle of Salada in
Andalusia, 1340. He also was chancellor to the Infante Don Pedro, later
Peter the Cruel.
While the inscription is dated 1351, the detail of the effigy indicates a
date of execution at least a century after the death of the bishop.
Described by Pierre Ansart, and illustrated in Bulletin Trimestriel de la
Societe des Antiquaires de Picardie, 1924, no. i, pp. 22-30.
[See illustration]
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540. 'I Vo Romanesque Sculpti'red Limestone Colonnettes
French, XII Century
Burgundian column drum carved with interlacing foliated strapwork; and a
basketry-patterned column with attached capital. [Lot.]
Height 27 and 3 1 inches
541. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Limestone Animalistic
Corbel or Plinth Xll Century
Base for a column, sculptured with a lion engorging a man, on oblong tenon.
Height \g inches
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542. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Limestone Transenna Panel
V 111 -IX Century
Carved in low relief with rosetted interlocking rinceaux.
Height 37 inches; length 54 inches
[See illustration]
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V Century
Carved in low relief with a panel depicting a shepherd with Panpipes and a
lamb, flanked by imbrications, the right reveal with a walking figure wearing a
toga, and standing on a pedestal. Has painted metal stand.
Height 32 inches ; length 45 inches
From Demotte, Paris
[See illustration]
' 0 '544. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Transenna Panel
VIH Century
Carved in low relief with medallions of endless knots and rosettes, intercepted
by a strapwork lozenge motive. Has painted metal stand.
Height 42 inches; width 3 i]/^ inches
//O'’ 545. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Capital VH-VIH Century
Elongated capital with voluted terminals enclosing two bands of erect leaves.
Has painted metal stand. Height 12 inches; length 26 inches
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546. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Font IX Century
Deep round font carved with two tiers of figures symbolizing the months of
the year; Ravenna school. Has painted metal stand. Diameter 25 inches
From the Galeria Simonetti, Rome
547. Byzantine Green Porphyry Font Circa V Century
Shallow round basin of unusual size, interestingly patterned with light green
phenocrysts ; on fluted red marble pedestal, of later date.
Height 33 inches; diameter 33 inches
548. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Transenna Panel
VI-VII Century
Oblong panel carved with an allover tesselated design of concave rosettes.
Height 29 inches; length 5 feet 10 inches
549. Early Christian Sculptured Marble Transenna Panel
VIH-IX Century
Rectangular panel carved in low relief with a plain Greek cross with a cartel-
lino, on a triple mount. Has painted metal stand.
Height 27^4 inches; length 31^ inches
From Prof. Luigi Grassi, Florence
550. Syro-Roman Painted Lead Sarcophagus Early IV Century
Sarcophagus and vaulted cover molded in low relief with laurel and grapevine
motives above colonnetted panels enclosing sphinxes and Medusa-head medal¬
lions; painted buff. Length 5 feet 5^2 inches
Note: This was found near Tyre in Mahalib; the motives are those of
the Dionysiac cycle, illustrating the myth of Psyche.
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551. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Spiral Column with
Double Capital X-XI Century
Fluted spiral shaft with intermittent leaf cusps, culminating in a twin artichoke
finial ; on foliated and undercut square base with paw feet.
T otal height 6 feet 9^4 inches
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552. Roman Sculptured Marble' Sarcophagus 1 Century
Oval trough carved on the front -with swirled fluting and a pair of ringed lion
masks flanking a central portrait medallion supported by the figure of a seated
nymph with two hounds. Has painted metal stand.
Height 19 inches ; length 6 feet
Collection of Mrs Helen Hay Whitney, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1946
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553. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Group of the Virgin and Child
French, XIV Century
Stately standing figure of the Virgin in voluminous draped robes, supporting
the suckling Child with her right arm. Height 5 feet 9 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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f 554. Siculo-Arab Sculptured Marble Capital IX-X Century
Inverted pyramidal form, carved in low relief with stylized plant forms. Has
painted metal stand. Height 12 inches
555. Roman Marble Fluted Column
Gently tapering cylindrical column flaring at neck and base; in diagonally
streaked gray and creamy white marble. Height 6 feet 6 inches
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556. Byzanto-Roman Sculptured Marble Portrait
Medallion of a Family IV Century
Drum-shaped medallion, enclosing a group comprising a bearded patrician and
his wife, fronted by two small children ; carved in high relief. Has painted
metal stand. Diameter 25 inches
557. Byzantine Sculptured Marble Capital, and Ravenna
Mosaic Pilaster
Flaring rectangular capital carved with figures and birds; and a dentiled pilaster
with checkered inlays in red, green and gold. [Lot.] Total height 53 inches
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558. Roman Sculptured Marble Heroic Head, Probably of S. Peter
IV Century
Colossal head, carved with an expression of great power, and framed by curly
hair and beard. Has painted metal stand. Found in an excavation near the
Baptistery, Florence. Height 18 inches
From Arthur Sambon, Paris
Exhibition of Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Walters Art Gallery, Balti¬
more, Aid., 1947, no. 6, and illustrated in the catalogue, pi. 6
[See illustration]
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559. Two Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Capitals
Xl-XII Century
One carved with harpies, and one with a fabulous monster amid scrolls. [Lot.]
Heights 9^ and lO inches
560. Romanesque Sculptured Marble RECTANGt7l.AR /
Column with Capital French, XII Century
Column grooved with triple chevrons on three sides; the capital carved with
trailing leaves below pairs of birds’ heads. Total height 43 inches
561. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Bas-Relief
Italian, XII Century
Rectangular panel carved to depict a youth climbing a tree with entwined stems
bearing large fruit clusters interspersed with birds and animals. From Naples.
Has painted metal stand. Height 34 inches; width 10% inches
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562. Two Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Capitals
XI -XI I Century
Double capital carved with grapes and artichokes ; and another with three tiers
of papyrus heads and leaves. [Lot.] Heights 12 and 13 inches
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563. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Figur.4l Capital
With Medallions « . French, XI-XH Century
Pierced quadrangular capital, the front and back carved with medallions depict¬
ing Samson destroying the temple, and astride a lion ; the sides carved with a
mutilated figure and figures of pilgrims. Height 30 inches
564. Pair Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Animalistic Supports
Circa X Century
Large parrot-like head with pointed ears and coarse plumage; tenon at rear.
From Naples. Height 20 inches
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565. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Doubl^-Capit.ul with
Biblical Scenes French, Late XH Century
I'hree sides deeply carved and undercut to depict Christ washing the feet of S.
John, and a detail from the Last Supper. Height 11% inches
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566. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Capital French, XH Century
With oblong beveled abacus carved with birds amid scrolling foliage, surmount¬
ing entwined papyrus motives. Height 17 inches
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567. Early Gothic Finely Sculptured and Polychromed Limestone
Capital Depicting the Legend of S. Thomas French, XIII Century
Carved almost in the full round with Christ in blue robes exposing his wounds
to the kneeling Thomas; in the background, a yellow-robed female figure, and
three apostles including S. Peter. Height 24 inches
From Bacri Freres, Paris
[See illustration]
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568. Gothic Sculptured Stone Capital, Emblematic of Medicine
French, Early XIV Century
Capital for a double column, the ends depicting a man and a kneeling woman,
the front SS. Cosmas and Damian, the patron saints of Medicine, flanking an
escutcheon carved with scissors, scalpel and bottle, surrounded by a banderole
inscribed to the saints ; the reverse with two figures flanking a niche.
Height 14 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
[See illustration]
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s6q. Byzantine Sculptured Limestone Pilaster with Capital
^ _ X-Xl Century
Of triangular section, the acanthus-carved capital with fenestrated cresting,
above two panels with haut-relief and incised demi-figures of saints, of later
Height 2i inches
1 Kio. Romanesque-Gothic Sculptured Marble Figural Corbel '
"O French, XIII Century
The ogee-molded face centring a figure of S. Peter, with key, carved in relief.
Has painted metal stand. Height 12^4 inches
rr S7I Romanesque-Gothic Sculptured Limestone Capital
Italian, XHI Century
Carved in high relief with a grotesque nude figure holding a lute and sword,
astride a fish; background of heads and scrolls. Height 13/4 inches
From Arnold Seligmann, Rey Co., Inc., New York
S72. Early Gothic Sculptured Limestone Column with Capital
— ' French, XHI Century
Cylindrical column with acanthus-carved capital having mcurvate square
abacus, on molded base. - Total height 56 inches
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j C 0 473- Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Limestone Capital XH Century
Inverted pyramidal shape, two faces carved with a winged monster and a
crouching lion. Height 1^/2 inches
> _374. Three Early Christian and Romanesque
I Architectural Elements , • i r • i j
Of square section, carved with rinceaux, one interspersed with fruit clusters and
animals. One has painted metal stand. Lengths 31 and 39 inches
6 v4^75. Early Christian Sculptured Marble Column ^ V-VH Century
Short cylindrical column with quadrangular capital carved with leafage, and tall
plinth faced with three conjoined trefoil medallions. Height 5 feet 2 inches
[See illustration on the following page]
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576. Romanesque Sculptured Marble Pilaster
Italian, Late XII Century
Vertical panel carved in low relief with fruited arabesques emerging from the
mouths of two addorsed lions ; foliage borders.
Height 55^ inches; width 18^ inches
From Barsanti, Rome
[See illustration]
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S77 Byzantine Finely Sculptured Marble Animalistic Plaque
X Century
Rectangular panel bordered by two molded pilasters centring a griffin with
curled tail, perched on its prey, a stag, carved in low relief. Has painted iron
1 Height 42 inches; length 45 inches
[See illustration]
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578. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Plaque J'III-IX Century
Shield-shaped plaque, apparently a portion of a transenna panel; carved in low
relief with a strapwork medallion enclosing a rampant lion. Has wood stand.
li eight 255^ inches; luidth 22 inches
[See illustration]
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Hispano-Arab Scolpturkd Marbkk Capitai- with
'^Hird Decoration AI-All (century
Square abacus above a conical bell carved with pairs of confronted eagles and
ostriches with lowered heads. From Tarragona. Height 16^2 inches
Exhibited at the Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, Pa., 1931
[See illustration]
rgo. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Group of the Virgin and Child
French, XIV Century
Delightful composition depicting the Virgin seated upon a paneled bench, ten¬
derly supporting the suckling Child upon her lap. Height 29^2 inches
Collection of Alphonse Kahn, Paris
Collection of Henri Daguerre, Paris
581. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Group of the Archangel
Michael and THE Dragon Irench,AI (jintuiy
Depicting a youthfvd figure in voluminous robes standing triumphantly upon
the vanquished dragon. Height 41 imhes
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/‘V^ntwined double column, boldly conceived ; on molded limestone bases.
Total height 7 feet 6 inches
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s83 Pair Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Animalistic Corbels
^ X-Xl Century
Boldly carved with the head and forelegs of a ram emerging from an oblong
Length 31 inches
tenon.
584. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Tympanum of a Niche
^ ^ French, AH Century
Rectangular block with semicircular leaf-carved arch enclosing a recessed tym¬
panum centring a bearded head. Height 14^ inches; length 26/2 inches
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585. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Llmestone Haut-Relief
Circa X Century
Depicting a stylized Paschal Lamb with shaggy coat arranged in long curls
along the back, standing before a slanting cross.
Height 21 inches; length 29 inches
[See illustration]
586. Italo-Byzantine Sculptured Marble Arch with Corbels
Xl-XIl Century
Semicircular arch comprised of five segments carved in relief with grotesque
human, bird and animal forms, enclosed by a fragmentary archivolt sculptured
with palmettes, and resting upon animalistic corbels.
Total height 54 inches; length 8 feet lO inches
From Piero Tozzi, New York
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o A‘^87. Gothic Sculptured Marble Heptafoil Baptismal Font, with
^ Limestone Pedestal ^orth Italian, Early XIV Century
Basin with fluted interior bordered by trefoil crockets, the exterior incised with
a coat of arms and monogram GG. On spirally fluted limestone pedestal.
Total height 44 inches; diameter 36 inches
A.
s88. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Group of the Virgin and Child
French, XV Century
The Virgin seated upon a dais, wearing a ‘jeweled’ gold crown, and supporting
the fragmentary figure of the Child upon her left knee. Traces of polychromy.
From a church in Verdun. 30^^ inches
s8q Pair Early Gothic Sculptured Limestone Corbels
"Q - ^ French, XIII Century
Fronted by male and female heads, respectively, turned to face each other, and
carved iir the full round. 9K lO ,nches
ZJAUqo. Two Romanesque Sculptured Marble Figures of Lions
Italian, XII Century
Somewhat varying leonine figures, one carved as a plinth for a column, the other
as a capital. [Lot.] Lenglhs 29 and 2l inches
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SOI. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Corner Capital and
Early Gothic Corbel trench, XII-XIII Century
Each carved with a head of a smiling youth. [Lot.] Heights 13 and 25 inches
_ _ ' ' _ _
sq2 Romanesque Sculptured and Polychromed Limestone
Corner C.sp.tal SfanUh. XII Century
Rectangular block, one corner fashioned as a capital carved with curling leaves,
and ostriches with lowered heads. Height 9 inches; length 17/4 me es
Exhibited at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1948
?'k5^S93. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Figural Capital
French, XH Century
Large capital carved in high relief with confronting figures of an angel and a
, Height 22 inches
demon.
From the Church of S. Raphael, Excideuil (Dordogne)
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594. Romanesque Finely Sculptured Limestone Animalistic Capital
French, XII Century
Large semicircular capital with cartouche-shaped abacus above two pairs of
addorsed rampant monsters with scaly hides, and long tongues carved in the
full round; has oblong dentiled abacus. Height 25 inches; length 29^1 inches
Companion to the following
From La Charite-sur-Loire (Nievre)
[See illustration]
595. Romanesque Finely Sculptured Limestone Animalistic Capital
^ French, XII Century
Executed with pairs of confronting crested birds, their beaks resting upon colon¬
nettes, one colonnette with entwined serpent. Height 25 inches
Companion to the preceding
From La Charite-sur-Loire (Nievre)
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Ir-, sq6 Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Figure of a Sybil
P French, Early XIII Century
1 Seated figure with parted lips, wearing a hooded mantle over a voluminous
} gown, with hands resting upon her thighs, the left hand clasping a, scrol .
' Traces of polychromy. From Moissac. Height $^72 inches
From Demotte, Paris
^ 597- Romanesque-Gothic Sculptured IVIarble Double Capital
Portion of a capital carved in bold relief with two heads of bearded apostles
adorned with fruit garlands. Height 1 7 inches
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•C .08. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Statue of a Female Saint
’ French, XIH Century
Benevolent standing life-size figure, wearing a hood and long robes, her hands
clasped in an attitude of prayer. Height 5 feet 7 me les
Note: This finely sculptured statue was found on the farm of St. Germaine-
la-Truite, in the commune of Ezy (Eure).
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French, XII Century
Rectangular pilasters with affixed capitals, the fronts carved in high relief with
standing male saints holding books, three of the sides with half figures; the
heads framed in arches. [Lot.] He.ght 5S ,nche,
From the a^bbaye Royal de St. Martin, Savigny (Rhone)
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600. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Group of the Virgin and Child
French, XIII Century
figure of the Virgin, with the Child in her left arm
Swaying crowned standing figure of
toying with the lacing of her gown.
Height 44 inches
[See illustration]
601. Iberian Sculptured Limestone Figure of a Bull ^ '
X-VIII Century B.C.
Compact figure of a recumbent bovine animal, with lowered head.
Length 37 inches
Note: A rare early Iberian sculpture from Sace, in the Province of Ali¬
cante ; similar animal figures are in the Spanish museums.
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Burgundian, circa 1400
Beautifully sculptured life-size figure, with a crown surmounting her long wavy
hair and smiling countenance, her left hand resting upon a sword, her right
holding a fragmentary wheel. Height 5 feet 6 inches
From Demotte, Inc., New York
603. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Figural Capital
Southern French, XH Century
Carved in high relief and centring the figure of Christ flanked by eight apostles.
Height 18 inches; length 22 inches
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604. Early Gothic Sculptured Limestone Section of a Tympanuim
French, Late XIII Century
Carved with two arches, one enclosing a rare interpretation of the Nativity
with the Virgin lying on a bed and the Child floating above in a manger be¬
neath the heads of two cattle; the other with an angel heralding the Birth of
Christ to the shepherds ; at centre a small figure of an angel with censer.
Height 37 inches; length 54 inches
From Arnold Seligmann, Rey ^ Co., Inc., New York
[See illustration]
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I 605. Two Romanesque Sculptured Marble Reliefs XI-XIl Century
^ — Square plaque fronted by an eagle carved in high relief, with a lion cub in his
talons; and a corbel depicting an angel with grapes and acanthus leaves. [Lot.]
Heights 12 and i finches
606. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Figural Capital
French, XII Century
Semi-conical capital carved in relief with two wrestling figures; tenon at reai.
From Moutier S. Jean. Height 22 inches
) '-607 Early Gothic Sculptured and Polychromed Stone Bas-Relief
^ ' French, XIV Century
Depicting the enthroned figure of Christ with an orb in His left hand, within a
pointed trefoil arch crested with gilded foliage. Some polychromy. Framed.
Height 24 inches; u’idth 16 inches
Collection of Fairfax Murray, Florence
Exhibition of French Gothic Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Midi.,
1928, no. 30
, 608. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Figural Corbel
French, XH Century
Featuring a crouching female figure with head resting upon hei hands.
Height 10 inches ; length 18^2 inches
From Arthur Samhon, Paris
\~X^ 609. Gothic Sculptured Red Sandstone Figure of a Mermaid
French, Late X HI Century
F Smiling mermaid with crown and long hair, resting upon rockeiy, her scaly
I • limbs crossed behind her. Traces of red pigment. Length 20 inches
From the Cathedral of Strasbourg
Exhibition of the Arts of the Middle Ages, 1000-1400, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, Mass., 1940
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6io. Hisfano-Arab Sculptured Alabaster Font with Inscriptions
XIII Century
Cainpaiiiform bowl cupped in erect leaves and executed with four coniform
fonts projecting from a collar of palmettes and a band of interlaced scrolls inter¬
spersed with fleurdelise crosses ; on conformingly carved pyramidal base appar¬
ently of different origin, featuring crosses and Arabic inscriptions.
Height 33^ inches; diameter 21^^ inches
Note: Of Arab workmanship, made for a Christian church ; Dr Kiihnel
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suggested that it was possibly executed for a Coptic community in Cairm
Dr Martinovitch believes it to be of Hispano-Moresque origin. The Arabic
inscription around the base, translated, reads as follows: ‘Unite the visits
of the church with the invocation of the name of God. Blessed be he who
works zealously in the cause of devotion, being sad, for the house of the priests .
From Stora, New York
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' fO O — Romanesque Sculptured Travertine Figural Corbel
French, Xlll Century
Large rectangular block, the front carved with a crouching dog-like monster
- having a human head with hood, and symbolizing Evil; the upper half serving
' to support a cluster column. Height 29 inches; length 33 inches
From the Abbaye de Belleperche
[See illustration]
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612. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Tympanum
Northern French, XII Century
Arched panel sculptured with a mandorla enclosing a seated male saint, and
flanked by demi-figures of angels with censers, emerging from clouds.
Height 37 inches; length 5 feet 2 inches
[See illustration]
^*^613. Pair Roman Sculptured Marble Capitals
Carved with tiers of perforated acanthus leaves.
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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Circa III Century
Height 123/2 inches
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614. Romanesque Sculptured Marble Spiral Column with Capital
Italian, XIH Century
Executed as a cluster of four columns with alternating parallel and spirally
twisted sections; the capital carved with pointed leaves curling about orange¬
like fruit. Height 5 feet 8/^ inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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615. Pair Gothic Sculptured Limestone Figural Spandrels
French, Late XIII Century
Incurvate triangular detail from the point of intersection of two arches , carved
in bas-relief with angels, one holding a cross, the other weighing Good apinst
Evil. From Moutier St. Jean. [Lot.] Heights 22 and 33]^ inches
From Demotte, Paris
[See illustration]
616. Sculptured Stone Statuette of a Martyr Saint
Xorth Italian, XV-XVI Century
Standing robed and winged figure depicted in the half round, holding a martyr’s
palm, before a concave niche. Traces of blue pigment. Height 2^/2 inches
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617. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Figure of S. John
French, Late XIV Century
Standing figure in voluminous robes caught over the left shoulder, a tiny angel
and dove perched at either side of the head, whispering in the ears of the saint.
'Fraces of red pigment. Height 29 inches
Collection of O. Homberg, Paris, 1908
From Seligmann, Paris
Collection of Thomas Fortune Ryan, New York
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618. Gothic Sculptured and Polychromed Limestone Statue of
Mary Magdalene Burgundian, circa 1400
(ilently swaying figure, with long golden hair, garbed in vermilion and moss
green robes, and holding a jar and an open tome. Height 56j/2 inches
From Demotte, Paris
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619. Early Gothic Sciilptured Limestone Tympanum
French, circa 1300
Rectangular panel carved with a recessed trefoil arch embellished with spandrel
rosettes and enclosing a robed centaur with vase confronted by a boar.
Height 21Y2 inches; length 33 inches
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620. Gothic Sculptured and Polychromed Limestone Figure
Of a Bishop French, Late XHI Century
Benign standing figure with mitre and staff, wearing voluminous vestments in
red and black polychromy, his right hand, which is in plaster, raised in bene¬
diction. From the neighborhood of Rennes. Height 59 inches
[See illustration]
621. Two Romanesque Sculptured Red Sandstone Capitals
A uvergne, XH Century
Inverted pyramidal capital carved with undercut leafy scrolls; and one with a
valanced palmette-carved abacus sheltering four grotesque heads.
Height 12/4 inches
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Q ^622. Gothic Sculptured-^nd Polychromed Granite Statue of a Monk
French, Late XIV Century
Standing figure in robe and cowl, with knotted cincture, holding in his left
hand a chalice, into which his right is dipping; remains of polychrome upon the
face and vessel. Height 57 inches
[See illustration]
0 O J623. Gothic Sculptured Black Marble Niche/t'igure of a Saint
Flemish, XIV Century
Bearded figure in cleric’s robes, seated in a colonnetted niche and holding a tome.
From Tournai. Rare. ’ Height 23^ inches
/ — 624. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Haut-Relief of S. Louis
French, XHI Century
Rectangular panel carved in high relief with the kneeling robed figure of S.
Louis of France holding a crown, his left hand resting upon a fleurdelise cross.
Height 32 inches; width 2‘]]/2 inches
O — 625. Two Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Corbels
Catalonian, XH Century
Rectangular tenon, the sloping underbase carved with a half-length figure of S.
James the Greater, and a nimbed head with two pairs of eyes and three mouths.
Length 31 inches
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
626. Two Italo-Byzantine Marble Spiral Columns XH Century
Deeply grooved spiral shafts, one carved with cruciform bosses. [Lot.]
Heights 483/2 inches and 5 feet
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627. Gothic Sculptured and Polychromed Stone Group of the
Virgin and Child XV Century
J'he Virgin, in gray and sky blue robes and golden crown, peering affectionately
at the Holy Infant, seated in her right arm, and preparing to suckle.
Height 5 feet 8 inches
[See illustration]
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Burgundian, XV Century
Clean-shaven figure, apparently of S. Stephen, garbed in episcopal vestments
with a maniple on his left arm, which is raised to his head, his right hand hold¬
ing a tome. Height 40 inches
Collection Chappee, Le Mans
629. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Statuette of the Virgin
Burgundian, XV Century
Standing figure in meditative pose, wearing a cloak over a long gown carved
with a Latin inscription on the hem, and holding an open tome in her left hand.
Height 40 inches
Collection Chappee, Le Mans
O Q ^ 630. Gothic Sculptured and Polychromed Limestone Statuette
French, XV Century
Standing figure of a monk in a red robe and greenish blue cowled cape, and
round hat, holding a wafer box. Height 41^ inches
/ ^ 0.^31. Gothic Sculptured and Polychromed Limestone Statuette
French, XV Century
Companion to the preceding. Standing figure of a monk in a red robe and
greenish blue cowled cape and round hat, holding a parchment.
Height 45 inches
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Flemish, XH Century
Deep octagonal basin, the alternate sides sculptured with portrait heads of
youths; on chamfered quadrangular pedestal. From Tournai.
Height 42 inches ; length 42 inches
Collection of Captain Lambert, Oudenaarde, 1926
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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633. Pair Veneto-Byzantine Sculptured Alabaster Spiral
Columns with Animalistic Capitals and Bases Circa XII Century
Undulating column carved with alternating bands of swirled flutings and grape¬
vine arabesques interspered with putti, separated by circlets of acanthus leafage;
the capital encircled with simian-like monsters, the base carved with a recumbent
lion and sphinx; in brown marble. Total height 8 feet 5^2 inches
[See illustration]
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634. Two Greek Sculptured Marble Loutrophoroi IV Century B.C.
Large amphora-shaped urns cupped in gadrooning, and carved with guilloche
bands; one with honeysuckle motives, and two scrolled handles. [Lot.]
Heights 31 and 35 inches
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635. Two Greek Sculptured Marble Loutrophoroi IV Century B.C.
O Large amphora-shaped urns carved with gadrooning and median guilloche bands,
one with lyriform cresting composed of two draped volutes centring a laureated
pilaster. [Lot.] Heights 35 inches and 5 feet 7 inches
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--636. Roman Sculptured Marble Group I Century
“Nude figure of a curly-headed youth seated upon the back of a large spread
eagle, which in turn is perched upon a huge cornucopia filled with a cluster of
fruit and foliage. Height 51 inches
Collection of Helen Hay Whitney, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1946
637. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Haut-ReliEf of the
Virgin and Child French, Late XIV Century
Seated crowned figure of the Madonna in long flowing mantle holding the head¬
less Child in her left arm, at her feet four kneeling figures of donors; within
a trefoil crocheted arched niche. Height 55 inches; 'width 29 inches
From Demotte, Paris
-^^^^7^38. Two Byzantine and Romanesque Sculptured Marble Columns
XI-XH Century
Spiral channeled column with octagonal top and base and columnar shaft with
interlaced trellis strappings. [Lot.] Heights 34 and 38 inches
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639. Sculptured Marble J^ird Hath Italian Renaissance
Deep gaclrooned bowl sculptured with four cherub heads, on fluted swelling
columnar shaft ; resting upon a square base with concave sides carved with leaf
ornament and at the corners, four incurvate lion-paw feet.
Height 48^ inches; diameter 26 inches
Collection of Helen Hay Whitney, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1946
Q 640. Gothic Sculptured Stone Bas-Relief from a Tomb
French j Early XV Century
Oblong panel with four cusped niches, each enclosing the standing cowled figure
of a mourner. Height 34^^ inches; length 5 feet i inch
From the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Dijon
Collection Decailly
641. Sculptured Marble Statue of S. Catherine
Antonello Gaginij Sicilian: 1478-1536
Life-size standing figure with curly hair falling across her shoulder and clothed
in a draped tunic and voluminous robe held in folds with her left hand.
Height 5 feet 3 inches
Note: A certificate by Dr W. R. Valentiner dated Dec. 16, 1937, which
will be given to the purchaser, reads in part as follows: “a characteristic and
excellent work by that remarkable Sicilian sculptor Antonello Gagini, who
is not known enough, but is the outstanding sculptor of the High Renaissance
in South Italy. It combines with great plastic quality a subtle and delicate
expression in the face and a beautiful rhythmic design in outline and drapery.
Only very few sculptures by this artist have left Italy. It should be dated
about 1525, and is closely related to the sculptures of the cathedral at Palermo
which A. Gagini executed at this time”. (Signed) W. R. A'alentiner.
[See illustration]
642. Sculptured Marble Statue of a Saint
Antonello Gagini, Sicilian: 1478-1536
Companion to the preceding. Height 5 feet
'' 643. Sculptured Marble Statue of a ^aint .j'’
00-^ Antonello Gagini, Sicilian : 1478-1536
Companion to the preceding.
Height 5 feet 4 inches
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644. Gothic Sculptured and Polychromed Limestone Group of the
Madonna and Child French, Early XV Century (?)
Standing figure of the Virgin with belted tunic, and long flowing hooded man¬
tle, her left hand holding the robed figure of the Child, Who grasps a cluster of
fruit in His right hand. Retains considerable old polychroniy. Height 53 inches
645. Sculptured Marble Portrait Bust of a Jurist
North Italian, XV Century
Expressively sculptured bust of a mature man, in lappeted toga and long flow¬
ing headdress, a banderole of office across his right shoulder. Height 29 inches
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646. Gothic Sculptured Alabaster Effigy of a Man
Spanish, XV Century
Life -size recumbent figure in voluminous robes and boots, holding an open
missal, his head resting upon a tasseled pillow supported by three large tomes.
In two sections. Length 6 feet ^ inches; width 28 inches
Companion to the following
From Heilbroner, Paris
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
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. Gothic Sculptured Alabaster Effigy of a Woman
Spanish, XV Century
Life-size recumbent figure of a woman in hooded voluminous robes, clasping a
blossom to her breast. In three sections.
Length 5 feet 1 1 inches; width 26 inches
Companion to the preceding
From Heilbroner, Paris
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, Nevv\ork
648. Roman Sculptured Marble Sarcophagus and Wall Frieze,
Fitted as Jardinieres /-// Century
Oblong trough, the front carved with twin panels of swirled fluting and at the
centre and corners with figures of Bacchanalian youths and maidens, the sides
with winged griffins; on snarling couchant lion supports of the Renaissance
period holding grotesque heads between their forepaws. The frieze with leaf-
carved and dentiled cornice of modern date, and elaboratly carved in haut-relief
with festooned allegorical figures and grotesque masks, above a panel of winged
amors and wild animals. Total height 7 feet i inch ; length 7 feet lO inches
Collection of Helen Hay Whitney, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1946
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649. Gothic Sculptured Limestone Statue of a Saint
French, XV Century
Life-size standing figure of a female saint with long flowing tresses and volumi¬
nous robes; holding an open missal in her left hand. Height 6 feet i inch
■650. Romanesque Sculptured Limestone Haut-Relief of Eagles
French, XII Century
Bracket with triangular shelf supported by two birds with imbricated plumage,
above a lappet base. Height 28 inches; width 19 inches
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651. Indian Sculptured Red Sandstone Haut-Relief of Indra
Circa X Century
Representing the voluptuous seated figure of a Bodhisattva upon a lotus throne
carrying in four hands a pair of torches, a vessel and a sceptre.
Height 565^2 inches; width 38 inches
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652. Pair Roman Vert Antique Marble Columns
Gently tapering cylindrical column in boldly brecciated ‘Grecian’ vert antique
marble. Height 7 feet i inch
From the Palazzo Grimani, Venice
Collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York
[See illustration facing page 1 1 7]
653. Pair Roman Sculptured Marble Pilasters
Square, fluted on two sides.
Height 36 inches
^^-654. Sculptured Statuary and Yellow Siena Marble Portrait
Bust of a Man American (f) Fate XVHI Century
With deep-set eyes and taciturn expression, the wavy hair tied in a queue;
inset into a shaped yellow Siena marble plinth. Height 22 inches
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655. Sculptured Marble Group of Venus and Cupid
Giuseppe Piamontini, Florentine : 1664-1742
Depicting the seated figure of Venus with loose draperies across her thighs,
holding an apple in her right hand, her left arm embracing the standing Cupid,
placing a nosegay in her lap ; rockery base, enlivened with billing doves, greenery,
and a banderole enscribed lUSEPI PIAMONTINI F. A. MDCC XL On round mar¬
ble pedestal. Height of statue, 5 feet i inch; of pedestal, 34 inches
FromDemotte, Inc., New York
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VITRINES AND OTHER GALLERY EQUIPMENT
0 0" 656. Bronze Vitrine
Horizontal case with two adjustable plate glass shelves; cabriole supports.
Fitted for electricity. Height 5 feet 3 inches; width 48 inches
Q _ 657. Bronze Vitrine, on Painted Wood Plinth
Horizontal cabinet wu’th arched central portion, containing two adjustable
plate glass shelves, and wing units each with three matching shelves; on gray-
painted wood stand. Height 7 feet 7 inches; width 6 feet
' —658. Bronze Vitrine, on Painted Wood Plinth
Similar to the preceding.
659. Steel Vitrine, on Painted Wood Plinth
Horizontal cabinet with two adjustable glass shelves, the front with sliding
door; on gray-painted wood stand.
Height 6 feet 10 inches; width 5 feet 6 inches
660. Bronze Vitrine, on Walnut Plinth
Upright quadrangular case with door, and lock fitted in the conforming molded
walnut plinth. With crank handle for operating a revolving display platform.
Height 6 feet 9 inches; width 30^ inches
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Upright quadrangular glass case, the metal platform, standard and conforming
base painted light gray. Height 7 feet 8 inches; width 2oj/2 inches
/ 0 662. Five Painted Wood Pedestals
Quadrangular pedestals of various sizes, with plinth bases; castered. [Lot.J
663. Ten Painted Steel Standards
Square and tubular pedestal stands of various sizes. [Lot.]
Heights 50 to 59 inches
664. Ten Painted Steel Standards
Type of the preceding. [Lot.]
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Of various shapes and sizes; castered. [Lot.]
666. Eight Painted Wood Low Pedestals ^ ^
I'ype of the preceding ; without casters. [Lot.] ^ '
667. Ten Painted Wood Pedestals
Square and columnar stands of various sizes.
[Lot.]
668. Ten Painted Wood Pedestals
Type of the preceding. [Lot.]
669. Ten Painted Wood Pedestals
Type of the preceding. [Lot.]
670. Ten Painted Wood Pedestai.s
Type of the preceding. [Lot.]
671. Ten Painted Wood Pedestals
Type of the preceding. [Lot.]
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672. 1'en Pain ted Wood Pedestals
Type of the preceding. [Lot.]
673. Nine Painted Wood Pedestals
Type of the preceding. [Lot.]
674. Nine Painted Wood Pedestals
Type of the preceding. [Lot.]
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